William M Marsh

Landscape Planning

Environmental Applications

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With its wide variety of topics and up-to-date coverage, the fifth edition is an excellent resource for landscape planners and designers, scientists, and environmentalists. It focuses on environmental problems associated with land planning, landscape design, and land use. New coverage is included on adaptive planning as an approach necessary to build a sustainable landscape. Greater emphasis is placed on systems and updated case studies are integrated throughout the chapters. This edition also arms the reader with a collection of best management practices, which can be applied in the field.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons / Wiley
• 5th edition
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 277mm x 217mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 963g
• ISBN-13: 9780470570814
• ISBN-10: 0470570814
• Artikelnr.: 29338527

Autorenporträt

William M. Marsh is the author of Landscape Planning: Environmental Applications, 5th Edition, published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

0. An Introduction to the Book
the Field
and some Perspectives. 1. Landscape Planning: Roots
Problems
and Content. 2. The Physiographic Framework of the United States and Canada. 3. Landscape Form and Function in Planning and Design. 4. Topography
Slopes
and Land Use Planning. 5. Assessing Soil for Land Use Planning and Waste Disposal. 6. Site
Soils
and Wastewater Disposal Systems. 7. Groundwater Systems
Land Use Planning
and Aquifer Protection. 8. Runoff and Stormwater Management in a Changing Landscape. 9. Watersheds
Drainage Nets
and Land Use Planning. 10. Streamflow
Floodplains
Flood Hazard
and Land Use Planning. 11. Water Quality and Runoff Considerations in Landscape Management. 12. Soil Erosion
Stream Sedimentation
and Landscape Management. 13. Best Management Practices
Local Watersheds
and Development Sites. 14. The Riparian Landscape: Streams
Channel Forms
and Valley Floors. 15. The Coastal Landscape: Shoreline Systems
Landforms
and Management Considerations. 16. Solar Climate near the Ground: Landscape and the Environment. 17. Microclimate
Climate Change
and the Urban Landscape. 18. Ground Frost
Permafrost
Land Use
and Environment. 19. Vegetation
Land Use
and Environmental Assessment. 20. Landscape Ecology
Land Use
and Habitat Conservation Planning. 21. Wetlands
Habitat
and Land Use Planning. 22. Framing the Land Use Plan: a Systems Approach.