Author: Prospect Park Landscape Management OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest management
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A Landscape Management Plan for the Natural Areas of Prospect Park
Author: Prospect Park Landscape Management OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest management
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Great City Parks
Author: Alan TatePublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1135159432
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Great City Parks is a celebration of some of the finest achievements of landscape architecture in the public realm. It is a comparative study of twenty significant public parks in fourteen major cities across Western Europe and North America. Collectively, they give a clear picture of why parks have been created, how they have been designed, how they are managed, and what plans are being made for them at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Based on unique research including extensive site visits and interviews with the managing organisations, this book is illustrated throughout with clear plans and professional photographs for each park. This book reflects a belief that well-planned, well-designed and well-managed parks remain invaluable components of liveable and hospitable cities.
Natural Areas Journal
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Proceedings
Author: Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture. MeetingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Landscape architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Restoration & Management Notes
Author: Landscape Architecture
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Landscape architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
The Public Garden
Author: Landscape Journal
Author: Saving Brooklyn's Last Forest
Author: Nature by Design
Author: Eric HiggsPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262582261
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Ecological restoration is the process of repairing human damage to ecosystems. It involves reintroducing missing plants and animals, rebuilding soils, eliminating hazardous substances, ripping up roads, and returning natural processes such as fire and flooding to places that thrive on their regular occurrence. Thousands of restoration projects take place in North America every year. In Nature by Design, Eric Higgs argues that profound philosophical and cultural shifts accompany these projects. He explores the ethical and philosophical bases of restoration and the question of what constitutes good ecological restoration. Higgs explains how and why the restoration movement came about, where it fits into the array of approaches to human relationships with the land, and how it might be used to secure a sustainable future. Some environmental philosophers and activists worry that restoration will dilute preservation and conservation efforts and lead to an even deeper technological attitude toward nature. They ask whether even well-conceived restoration projects are in fact just expressions of human will. Higgs prefaces his responses to such concerns by distinguishing among several types of ecological restoration. He also describes a growing gulf between professionals and amateurs. Higgs finds much merit in criticism about technological restoration projects, which can cause more damage than they undo. These projects often ignore the fact that changing one thing in a complex system can change the whole system. For restoration projects to be successful, Higgs argues, people at the community level must be engaged. These focal restorations bring communities together, helping volunteers develop a dedication to place and encouraging democracy.