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Sustainable Landscape Managementby Ann Marie VanDerZanden; Thomas W. Cook
John Wiley & Sons 2010; US$ 80.00The complete guide to the sustainable management of landscapes A must-have guide for anyone working with landscapes, Sustainable Landscape Management eases the transition of the landscape industry into a new era of green consciousness. Filled with examples that illustrate best practices, the book provides a practical framework for the development of sustainable management strategies from design to execution and, eventually, to maintenance in an effort to construct landscapes that function more efficiently and minimize the impact on the environment. Sustainable Landscape Management includes: An overview of sustainable design and construction techniques as the basis for the maintenance and management of constructed landscapes Coverage... more...
Landscapeby Simon Bell
Spon Press 1999; US$ 155.00The original concept for Landscape: Pattern, Perception and Process is to bring together the work and subject areas of a range of disciplines. This book demonstrates how the best integration can be achieved. more...
Spon's Grounds Maintenance Contract Handbookby R.M. Chadwick
Spon Press 1990; US$ 240.00Aimed at those at the sharp end of contract grounds maintenance, this book will provide guidance for anyone unfamiliar with the process of contracting work out. Written in a clear and readable style and full of practical details it will be particularly valuable to local authorities who, from 1990 will be thrown into contractual maintenance and competitive tendering for the first time. more...
Landscape Planning And Environmental Impact Designby Tom Turner
Routledge 1998; US$ 61.95Part of a series of books on environmental planning, this comprehensive text focuses on environmental impact assessment and design. more...
Dynamic Landscapeby Nigel Dunnett; James Hitchmough
Spon Press 2004; US$ 48.95This book advances a fusion of scientific and ecological planting design philosophy that can address the need for more sustainable designed landscapes. more...
Architecture and Natureby Christine Macy; Sarah Bonnemaison
Routledge 2003; US$ 64.95Narrated, painted and filmed, American landscapes have been central to the construction of a national identity. This book explores how such rhetorical landscapes have also been designed into the built environment of architecture. more...
Spon's Landscape Contract Handbookby H. Clamp
Spon Press 1995; US$ 200.00This indispensable manual for landscape work covers the documentation and management of landscape contracts. It is written for all those involved in the landscape industry. more...
Relating Architecture to Landscapeby Jan Birksted
Spon Press 1999; US$ 79.95These essays make a unique contribution to the documentation of twentieth century landscape architecture. They present contemporary examples in architecture, landscape architecture and garden design that offer new models. more...
Ecological Landscape Design and Planningby Jala Makhzoumi; Gloria Pungetti
Spon Press 1999; US$ 110.00The authors of Ecological Landscape Design and Planning offer an holistic methodological approach to the design and planning of landscape, based on both research and practical experience. more...
Ecology, Community and Delightby Ian Thompson
Spon Press 1999; US$ 66.95Ecology, Community and Delight examines three principal value systems which influence landscape architectural practice: the aesthetic, the social and the environmental, and seeks to discover the role that the profession should follow. more...