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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462935803321

Autore

Bell Simon <1957 May 24-, >

Titolo

Landscape : pattern, perception and process / / Simon Bell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

0-203-12008-6

1-283-86224-7

1-136-31891-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p. ) : col. ill

Disciplina

712/.2

Soggetti

Ecological landscape design

Landscape assessment

Regional planning - Environmental aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction 1. What Are Patterns? 2. The Perception of Patterns 3. The Aesthetics of the Landscape 4. Design for Landscapes 5. Climate Patterns and Processes 6. Landform Patterns and Processes 7. Ecosystem Patterns and Processes 8. Cultural Patterns and Processes 9. Design for Landscapes

Sommario/riassunto

Landscapes develop and evolve through an interacting series of processes - climatic, geological, ecological and cultural - over varying periods of time. These processes shape the structure and character of the landscapes which we experience.