Importance Of Paradigm Shift

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Paradigm shift, term first been used by philosopher of science, Thomas S. Kuhn (1922–96) in his research, which means a fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions. People believe paradigm shifts is a change from one way of thinking to another. It 's a revolution, a transformation, a sort of metamorphosis. It just does not happen, but rather it is driven by agents of change. It represents a phenomenon that when enough anomalies proved the current philosophy, paradigm or science are wrong, the professionals will bring a new state of crisis pushing the society change the current paradigm and a new idea to form a new paradigm. Paradigm shifts tend to be dynamic, which will change during time when different theory or tendency are …show more content…
Over 6 billion global human population requires a bigger residential space, however this request will ineluctably decrease the space of natural resources. Moreover, starting from the late 1950s, with Rachel Carson published her book Silent Spring, people started pay attention to the pollution of synthetic particles as to all the environmental problems caused by the civilization process. As kuhn states, awareness is prerequisite to all acceptable changes of theory. Plus with urban system getting bigger and more integrated, demands for natural resources have dramatically increased and will surely continue to increase. Human released the importance of landscape design which is promoting several new paradigm shifts on the modern landscape design to interact with natural resources and teach human how to use the resources …show more content…
Steeping from Central Park to Emerald Necklace System, landscape architects started to blend the boundary between green spaces to the urban area. By promoting sustainable design in 3 aspects: economy sustainable, culture sustainable, and environmental sustainable. The new urban infrastructure should facing not only the demand of human¬: clean water, electricity, communication etc., but also design for natural resources: stormwater treatment, human wastes collection and recycle, plants protection,

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