Author: Eileen McCormickPublisher:
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Category : Natural areas
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
National Union Catalog
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Metropolitan Nature Centers and Related Natural Study Areas
Author: Eileen McCormickPublisher:
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Category : Natural areas
Languages : en
Pages : 18
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Metropolitan Open Space and Natural Process
Author: David A. WallacePublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512808180
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Open space in urban regions is fast disappearing, but it can still be saved by coordinating man's design with the processes of nature. The authors demonstrate here methods that permit better and more profitable economic and industrial development, while raising the quality of life and saving the environment. The problem is all around us, David Wallace observes: "As metropolitan areas grow and Megalopolis takes shape before our eyes, nearby open space where nature predominates seems doomed. Forces apparently beyond our control eliminate all traces of an untouched countryside, and replace it with thousands and thousands and thousands of houses. The pattern of ultimate suburban development finally removes the last vestiges of woods, streams, thickets, and wildlife with the filling of vacant lots carelessly left over from the first great surge of growth. The individual houses that result art perhaps pleasant enough in the micro-scale. But unrelievedly continuous urbanization—even in the case where the individual parts are attractive—appalls, bores, and numbs the senses. . . . Must it be this way?" This study, based on research at the Institute of Environmental Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, suggests how the process of indiscriminate exploitation of open space can be reversed through understanding and application of natural processes in the environment. When these natural processes are understood, planners can discriminate among land that should be retained as open space in a natural state, land that can stand limited development, and land that can be fully developed without significantly affecting natural processes. Contributors: William G. Grigsby, Ian McHarg, William H. Roberts, Ann Louise Strong, Nohad A. Toulan, and David A. Wallace.
Research in Education
Author: Wilderness Errands in Urban America
Author: Daniel M. BarclayPublisher:
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Category : Environmental protection
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Resources in education
Author: Sustainability in the Global City
Author: Gary McDonoghPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107076285
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
This volume is a vital contribution to conversations about urban sustainability, looking beyond the propaganda to explore its consequences for everyday life.
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