Date of Award
Spring 6-4-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Industrial Design
Department
Industrial Design
First Advisor
Charlotte McCurdy
Second Advisor
Shona Kitchen
Third Advisor
Ala Tannir
Abstract
A Fleeting Landscape invites the city dweller to experience a mixed media microcosm of the marshes and discover what has been obscured through the encroachment of urban development.
From the salt marshes of Rhode Island to their tropical counterpart in the Sundarban (pronounced: shundar-bon) mangroves of India, wetlands are the world’s natural barriers. Fighting against extreme weather events between land and sea, the edges of this fragile ecosystem continue to shrink and degrade as anthropogenic stressors (infrastructure development, unsustainable land use, and aquaculture) increase. In a 2022 report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) persuasively argues for the protection of wetlands as they are key ecosystems that help regulate temperature rise to 1.5º C. Despite the urgency, an appreciation for the wetlands exists at the periphery of attention.
Recommended Citation
Mathur, Vrinda, "A fleeting landscape: resurrecting the edges of the estuary" (2022). Masters Theses. 920.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/920
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Comments
View exhibition online: Vrinda Mathur, A Fleeting Landscape