1st Edition
Contemporary Landscape Performance Methods and Techniques Lessons from the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Foreword by Barbara Deutsch
Preface by Galen Newman, Rui Zhu, Megan Barnes, and Dongying Li
PART I
Landscape Performance and the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center
Chapter 1. Defining and Explaining Landscape Performance
Megan Barnes, Rui Zhu, Galen Newman, and Zhihan Tao
Chapter 2. Landscape Performance Tools and Calculators: An Overview
Rui Zhu, Galen Newman, and Megan Barnes
Chapter 3. Houston Arboretum and Nature Center (HANC): Design, Implementation, and Issues
Conners Ladner, Beau Burris, Debbie Markey, Joseph James, Allyson Mendenhall, Galen Newman, Rui Zhu, and Dongying Li
PART II
Environmental Benefits
Chapter 4. Investigating Urban Heat Mitigation through In-Situ Microclimate Measurements
Xiaoyu Li, Jiang Zheng, Jingxi Peng, Yue Zhang, Dongying Li, Galen Newman, and Robert D. Brown
Chapter 5. Assessing Stormwater Runoff Contamination with Comparison Sampling
Zhihan Tao and Galen Newman
Chapter 6. Assessing Annual Pollutant Load Using the L-THIA Model
Rui Zhu, Sara Prybutok, Zhenhang Cai, Dongying Li, and Galen Newman
Chapter 7. Methodological Overview for eBird, iNaturalist, GAP Data, and Wildlife Richness
Rui Zhu and Galen Newman
Chapter 8. Evaluating Species Richness for Birds Using eBird and GAP Data
Rui Zhu and Galen Newman
Chapter 9. Evaluating Species Richness for Mammals Using iNaturalist and GAP Data
Rui Zhu and Galen Newman
Chapter 10. Evaluating Species Richness for Insects Using iNaturalist and GAP Data
Rui Zhu and Galen Newman
Chapter 11. Evaluating Flora Species Richness Using Biodiversity Indexes
Rui Zhu and Galen Newman
Chapter 12. Assessing Habitat Quality and Pollinator Benefits
Rui Zhu, Jiang Zheng, and Galen Newman
Chapter 13. Assessing Material Reuse from Construction Documents
Rui Zhu, Zhihan Tao, and Galen Newman
PART III
Social Benefits
Chapter 14. Assessing Accessibility Impact Using Census Data
Rui Zhu, Galen Newman, and Dongying Li
Chapter 15. Spatiotemporal Visitor Characterization through SafeGraph Data Analysis
Xiaoyu Li, Yue Zhang, Dongying Li, Heng Cai, and Hao Tian
Chapter 16. Analyzing Visitor Motivations and Benefits Based on Retrospective and Onsite Surveys
Yue Zhang, Xiaoyu Li, Jingxi Peng, and Dongying Li
Chapter 17. Modeling Visitor Thermal Comfort in Various Park Zones with Heat Budget Calculations
Xiaoyu Li, Jingxi Peng, Yue Zhang, Dongying Li, and Robert D. Brown
Chapter 18. Capturing Real-Time Mental Health Conditions Using Geographically Explicit Ecological Momentary Assessment
Dongying Li, Yue Zhang, Xiaoyu Li, Jingxi Peng, and Robert D. Brown
PART IV
Economic Benefits
Chapter 19. Assessing Property Tax Revenue through a Pre-Post Evaluation
Rui Zhu, Zhenhang Cai, and Galen Newman
Chapter 20. Assessing Property Value through a Pre-Post Evaluation
Rui Zhu, Zhihan Tao, and Galen Newman
Chapter 21. Evaluating Revenue Impacts with Financial Reports
Rui Zhu, Zhihan Tao, and Galen Newman
Chapter 22. Analyzing Seeding and Water Savings across Scenarios
Rui Zhu and Galen Newman
PART V
The Future of Landscape Performance
Chapter 23. Moving Forward: Future Needs and Directions for Landscape Performance
Galen Newman, Rui Zhu, Megan Barnes, Dongying Li, and Zhihan Tao
Index
Biography
Galen Newman is a Professor and Department Head in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M University, United States. His research interests include community resilience, urban regeneration, landscape performance, and advanced land use science and analytics.
Rui Zhu is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M University, United States. Her research revolves around the intersections of community resilience, urban regeneration, urban analytics, landscape performance, and land use science.
Dongying Li is an Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M University, United States. Her primary area of research elucidates the relationship between human exposure to green infrastructure and mental health. She also focuses on identifying the environmental enablers and barriers to health equity.
Megan Barnes is Senior Program Manager for Research at the Landscape Architecture Foundation, United States. She manages LAF's Case Study Investigation (CSI) program and Landscape Performance Series initiatives. She has a diverse background in landscape architecture, international development, and nonprofit work and specializes in the quantification of benefits of exemplary landscapes.
