Landscape Architecture by Starke, Barry -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover About the Authors Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Prologue Foreword Epigraph The Hunter and the Philosopher 1. THE HUMAN HABITAT AND SUSTAINABILITY

The Human Animal Nature The Natural Sciences The Ecological Basis Earthscape Sustainability

2. CLIMATE

Climate and Response Social Imprint Accommodation Microclimatology Climate Change/Global Warming

3. WATER

Water as a Resource Natural Systems Management Water-Related Site Design

4. LAND

Human Impact Land as a Resource Land Grants Land Rights Surveying Use Reuse Topography Surveys Supplementary Data

5. VEGETATION

Topsoil Mantle Plants in Nature Plant Identification Plant Culture Introduced Plantations Invasive Species Vanishing Green Urban Agriculture Urban Forestry

6. THE VISUAL LANDSCAPE

The View The Vista The Axis The Symmetrical Plan Asymmetry Visual Resource Management Landscape Character Modification The Built Environment

7. THE PLANNED ENVIRONMENT

A Conservation Credo Environmental Issues

8. COMMUNITY PLANNING AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT

The Group Imperative Problems Possibilities New Directions Growth Management Scatteration and Urban Sprawl Restoration

9. THE REGIONAL LANDSCAPE

Interrelationships Regional Form Open-Space Frame Greenways and Blueways The Essentials Regional Planning Governance

10. URBAN DESIGN

Cityscape The City Diagram The Ubiquitous Automobile People Places Urban Green, Urban Blue The New Urbanity

11. SITE PLANNING

Program Development Site Selection Site Analysis Comprehensive Land Planning The Conceptual Plan Computer Application Site Development Site-Structure Plan Development Site-Structure Unity Site Systems

12. SITE SPACES

Spaces The Base Plane The Overhead Plane The Verticals

13. CIRCULATION

Motion Sequence Pedestrian Movement The Automobile Complete Streets Travel by Rail, Water, and Air People Movers

14. STRUCTURES

Common Denominators Composition Structures in the Landscape The Defined Open Space Habitations Dwelling-Nature Relationships Human Needs and Habitat Residential Components

15. LANDSCAPE PLANTING

Purpose Process Guidelines Advances Landscape Plantings in Low-Impact Design

PERSPECTIVE

Disavowal and Quest Findings Insights Evolution and Revolution The Planned Experience

Retrospective Project Credits Quotation Sources Bibliography Index

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