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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455004403321

Autore

Ndubisi Forster <1955->

Titolo

Ecological planning [[electronic resource] ] : a historical and comparative synthesis / / Forster Ndubisi ; foreword by Frederick R. Steiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Md. ; ; London, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002

ISBN

0-8018-7775-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Center Books on Contemporary Landscape Design

Disciplina

333.73

Soggetti

Ecological landscape design

Landscape assessment

Landscape ecology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-279) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Ecological Planning in a Historical Perspective; Chatper 2 - The First Landscape - Suitability Approach; Chapter 3 - The Second Landscape - Suitability Approach; Chapter 4 - The Applied-Human-Ecology Approach; Chapter 5 - The Applied-Ecosystem Approach; Chapter 6 - The Applied-Landscape-Ecology Approach; Chapter 7 - Assessment of Landscape Values and Landscape Perception; Chapter 8 - A Synthesis of Approaches to Ecological Planning; Epilogue; Notes; References; Index; About the Author