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Restorative Redevelopment of Devastated Ecocultural Landscapes
By Robert L. France
A fusion of ecological restoration and sustainable development principles, ecocultural restorative redevelopment is an emerging method for repairing large-scale landscapes. This book explores how to use this approach to address the long-term, sustainable reparation of the fabled marshlands of...
July 2010 | 978-0-415-95225-5 | Hardback (CRC Press)
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When Modern Was Green: Life and Work of Landscape Architect Leberecht Migge
By David Haney
Today, contemporary landscape design is increasingly drawing from ideas of sustainability and ecological stability. Not in fact new, the foundations of this approach stem from early twentieth century Germany, where architects and planners were already beginning to use the design concepts...
March 2010 | 978-0-415-56139-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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The Environment: Science, Issues, and Solutions
By Mohan K. Wali, Fatih Evrendilek, M. Siobhan Fennessy
Students have questions, this book has answers: What is the structure and function of natural systems? Where and how do populations and communities live? How have human impacts altered ecosystems? How can we lessen impacts and create long term solutions? Challenging Times Demand...
July 2009 | 978-0-8493-7387-9 | Hardback (CRC Press)
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Landscape Modernism Renounced: The Career of Christopher Tunnard (1910-1979)
By David Jacques, Jan Woudstra
Before the Second World War landscape architect Christopher Tunnard was the first author on Modernism in Landscape in the English language, but later became alarmed by the destructive forces of Post-war reconstruction. Between the 1950s and the 1970s he was in the forefront of the movement to save...
June 2009 | 978-0-415-49722-0 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Land Use Scenarios: Environmental Consequences of Development
By Alan W. Shearer, David A. Mouat, Scott D. Bassett, Michael W. Binford, Craig W. Johnson, Justin A. Saarinen, Alan W. Gertler, Julide Koracin
Any alteration of the natural processes occurring on a piece of land will have expected as well as unanticipated effects, and those effects have little regard for arbitrary human boundaries. Consequently, it is not enough for land managers to consider only how they might maintain the parcels for...
January 2009 | 978-1-4200925-4-7 | Hardback (CRC Press)
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European Forest Recreation and Tourism: A Handbook
Edited by Simon Bell, Murray Simpson, Lisa Tyrväinen, Tuija Sievänen, Ulrike Pröbstl
In an increasingly urbanised world more and more people are turning to our forests and woodland for recreation and tourism. Planning and providing for this growing demand poses challenges that need to be addressed by managers and designers alike. Based on a study of forest recreation from across...
2008 | 978-0-415-44363-0 | Hardback (Taylor & Francis)
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Geoinformation Technologies for Geo-Cultural Landscapes: European Perspectives
Edited by Andreas Vassilopoulos, Niki Evelpidou, Oliver Bender, Alenka Krek
The focal main objective of the book is to constitute a meaningful linkage among research problems, geoinformation methods and corresponding applications. The research goals, related both to theoretical and practical issues, derive from multidisciplinary fields such as archaeology, history,...
2008 | 978-0-415-46859-6 | Hardback (CRC Press)
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Designing Sustainable Forest Landscapes
By Simon Bell, Dean Apostol
Designing Sustainable Forest Landscapes is a definitive guide to the design and management of forest landscapes, covering the theory and principles of forest design as well as providing practical guidance on methods and tools. Including a variety of international case studies the book focuses on...
2007 | 978-0-419-25680-9 | Hardback (Taylor & Francis)
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Designing the Reclaimed Landscape
By Alan Berger
The first practical yet in-depth exploration of how to reclaim the post-industrial landscape, this volume includes excellent case studies by practitioners and policy makers from around the US, giving first rate practical examples. The book addresses new thinking about landscape, which applies new...
2007 | 978-0-415-77303-4 | Hardback (Routledge)