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Landscape architecture : a manual of environmental planning and design / John Ormsbee Simonds, Barry W. Starke.
LIBRA SB472 .S58 2006
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simonds, John Ormsbee.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Landscape architecture.
- Building sites--Planning.
- Building sites.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 396 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : McGraw-Hill, [2006]
- Summary:
- This completely updated modern classic provides a systematic approach to the creation of more usable, efficient, aesthetically pleasing outdoor spaces and places. Readers will find hundreds of teaching diagrams, plans, photographs, and graphics-including the works of many of the world's leading landscape architects and firms.
- Offering unparalleled coverage of every aspect of the theory, application, and practice of landscape architecture, this reference belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in how people and their environment can be brought into greater accord.
- Unquestionably the best way to keep pace with the latest thinking in environmental planning and landscape design, the new Fourth Edition covers: The fundamentals of landscape and environmental planning, Nature as the all-embracing framework, Topography and earth modeling, Treatment of wetlands, waterways, and water bodies, And more.
- From the basics of using the natural landscape as the ecological basis for all land use planning to breakthrough methods for designing habitations and communities, Landscape Architecture provides step-by-step procedures for: Selecting and analyzing sites, Assessing environmental impact, Developing detailed designs.
- New co-author Barry W. Starke has completely revitalized the design and presentation of this inspirational reference with the welcome addition of the works of world-renowned landscape photographers. Their work adds an unmatched visual appeal to the Fourth Edition.
- Contents:
- The Hunter and the Philosopher xv
- 1 The Human Habitat 1
- The Human Animal 1
- Nature 7
- The Natural Sciences 10
- The Ecological Basis 13
- Earthscape 15
- 2 Climate 19
- Climate and Response 19
- Social Imprint 20
- Accommodation 21
- Global Warming 21
- Microclimatology 26
- 3 Land 33
- Human Impact 33
- Land as a Resource 36
- Land Grants 38
- Land Rights 38
- Surveying 39
- Use 40
- 4 Water 43
- Water as a Resource 43
- Natural Systems 47
- Management 50
- Water-Related Site Design 54
- 5 Vegetation 61
- Topsoil Mantle 61
- Plants in Nature 62
- Plant Identification 64
- Plant Culture 65
- Introduced Plantations 67
- Vanishing Green 68
- 6 Landscape Character 71
- The Natural Landscape 71
- Modification 73
- The Built Environment 79
- 7 Topography 89
- Representation by Contours 89
- Surveys 93
- Supplementary Data 95
- 8 Site Planning 99
- Program Development 99
- Site Selection 100
- Site Analysis 102
- Comprehensive Land Planning 106
- The Conceptual Plan 112
- Computer Application 117
- 9 Site Development 121
- Site-Structure Expression 121
- Site-Structure Plan Development 133
- Site-Structure Unity 136
- Site Systems 139
- 10 Landscape Planting 145
- Purpose 145
- Process 146
- Advances 153
- 11 Site Volumes 157
- Spaces 157
- The Base Plane 170
- The Overhead Plane 173
- The Verticals 175
- 12 Visible Landscape 187
- The View 187
- The Vista 191
- The Axis 194
- The Symmetrical Plan 200
- Asymmetry 204
- Visual Resource Management 210
- 13 Circulation 213
- Motion 213
- Sequence 224
- Pedestrian Movement 227
- The Automobile 231
- Travel by Rail, Air, and Water 240
- People Movers 245
- 14 Structures 249
- Common Denominators 249
- Composition 251
- Structures in the Landscape 259
- The Defined Open Space 261
- 15 Habitations 265
- Dwelling-Nature Relationships 265
- Human Needs and Habitat 267
- Residential Components 270
- 16 Community Planning 277
- The Group Imperative 277
- Problems 278
- Possibilities 282
- New Directions 292
- 17 Urban Design 299
- Cityscape 299
- The City Diagram 302
- The Ubiquitous Automobile 311
- People Places 312
- Urban Green, Urban Blue 313
- The New Urbanity 314
- 18 Growth Management 317
- The Guideline Plan 317
- Scatteration and Urban Sprawl 323
- Restoration 325
- 19 The Regional Landscape 333
- Interrelationships 333
- Regional Form 342
- Open-Space Frame 343
- Regional Planning 345
- Governance 346
- 20 The Planned Environment 349
- A Conservation Credo 350
- Environmental Issues 350
- Disavowal and Quest 361
- Findings 363
- Insights 364
- Evolution and Revolution 366
- The Planned Experience 367.
- Notes:
- "Completely revised with emphasis on the shaping of a better environment for living and the care of planet Earth."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-388) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0071461205
- 9780071461207
- OCLC:
- 69027806
- Online:
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- Publisher description
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