Artificial lawns: Environmental and societal considerations of an ecological simulacrum |
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| Institution: | 1. Sustainability Studies Program, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3435, USA;2. Miller Place High School, Miller Place, NY 11764, USA;3. Stony Brook School, Stony Brook, NY 11790, USA;1. School of Resource and Environmental Management; Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A1S6, Canada;1. School of Design, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth, WA 6001, Australia;2. Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7012, Uppsala SE-75007, Sweden;3. Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7044, Uppsala SE-75007, Sweden;4. Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7032, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden;5. Swedish Biodiversity Centre, Box 7016, SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden;6. Swedish Species Information Centre, Box 7007, SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden;1. Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management Program, University of Minnesota, United States;2. Department of Forest Resources and Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, & Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, 115 Green Hall, 1530 Cleveland Ave. N., St. Paul, MN 55108, United States;3. Schools of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning and Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5302, United States;4. Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth University, HB 6047 Silsby Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, United States;5. Center for Environmental Studies, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL 33314, United States;6. Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, MA 01610, United States;1. Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28607, USA;2. Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment, Vanderbilt University, PMB 407702, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240-7702, USA;3. Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado Boulder, UCB 215, Boulder, CO 80309, USA |
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| Abstract: | The replacement of living lawns with synthetic (plastic) grass seems to be on the increase in cities. This paper presents some environmental and societal considerations relating to the installation of artificial lawns to encourage research of the phenomenon at this early stage of emergence. After first discussing the development of ‘third generation’ synthetic grasses that have made artificial lawns more appealing, it then considers how the replacement of living lawns with plastic grass represents a potentially concerning step towards ecological simulation, or the replacement of real ecosystems with simulacra that address cultural desires but remove nature altogether. The paper then examines some of the possible environmental and societal impacts that may result from the replacement of living lawns with their artificial counterparts, and concludes with the presentation of a research framework for investigation of the emerging artificial urban lawnscape. |
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| Keywords: | Lawn Plastic Polymer Simulacrum Simulacra Simulation Synthetic Status theory Turf |
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