Title: Landscape Architecture : A Manual of Environmental Planning and Design, 4th Edition Author: Barry W. Starke, John Ormsbee Simonds ISBN: 0071461205 / 9780071461207 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 396 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Year: 2006 Availability: Out of Stock
Description
Contents
With more than 30 percent new material, the fourth edition of this classic is an indispensable resource for practicing landscape architecture professionals as well as students. The most comprehensive overview of landscape architecture available, this reference covers every aspect of planning, design, installation, implementation, and maintenance.
Landscape architects, architects, and everyone else involved with the shaping of our living environment will find in this colorful book a systematic approach to the creation of more usable, efficient, and attractive outdoor places. Simply put--it is the best one-volume course ever written on landscape planning and landscape design.
Prologue
Foreword
The Hunter and the Philosopher
Chapter 1 : The Human Habitat Chapter 2 : Climate Chapter 3 : Land Chapter 4 : Water Chapter 5 : Vegetation Chapter 6 : Landscape Character Chapter 7 : Topography Chapter 8 : Site Planning Chapter 9 : Site Development Chapter 10 : Landscape Planting Chapter 11 : Site Volumes Chapter 12 : Visible Landscape Chapter 13 : Circulation Chapter 14 : Structures Chapter 15 : Habitations Chapter 16 : Community Planning Chapter 17 : Urban Design Chapter 18 : Growth Management Chapter 19 : The Regional Landscape Chapter 20 : The Planned Environment Chapter 21 : Perspective
Retrospective
Project Credits
Quotation Sources
Bibliography
Index