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FIGURE 11.19 Boating along the restored canals.

case study from being yet another romanticized ecological restoration project to a
much more complex example of “regenerative landscape design” (and also a much
more useful model for the Iraqi marshlands) (France 2008). For as one celebrant of
the Xochimilco project aptly stated, “[This is] not just a sentimental evocation of
the past, but a space geared to the present and future, because it deals with modern
problems and aspirations of the community.” And, as the television commercials say,
“And there is more!”