Landscape Planning
eBook - PDF

Landscape Planning

Environmental Applications

  1. 528 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Landscape Planning

Environmental Applications

About this book

With its wide variety of topics and up-to-date coverage, the fifth edition is an excellent resource for landscape planners and designers, scientists, and environmentalists. It focuses on environmental problems associated with land planning, landscape design, and land use. New coverage is included on adaptive planning as an approach necessary to build a sustainable landscape. Greater emphasis is placed on systems and updated case studies are integrated throughout the chapters. This edition also arms the reader with a collection of best management practices, which can be applied in the field.

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Information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9780470570814
eBook ISBN
9781119110996
Edition
5
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Geography
Index
Geography

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Foreword
  5. Preface
  6. Contents
  7. An Introduction to the Book, the Field, and Some Perspectives
  8. chapter 1. Landscape Planning: Roots, Problems, and Content
  9. chapter 2. The Physiographic Framework of the United States and Canada
  10. chapter 3. Landscape Form and Function in Planning and Design
  11. chapter 4. Topography, Slopes, and Land Use Planning
  12. chapter 5. Assessing Soil for Land Use Planning and Waste Disposal
  13. chapter 6. Site, Soils, and Wastewater Disposal Systems
  14. chapter 7. Groundwater Systems, Land Use Planning, and Aquifer Protection
  15. chapter 8. Runoff and Stormwater Management in a Changing Landscape
  16. chapter 9. Watersheds, Drainage Nets, and Land Use Planning
  17. chapter 10. Streamflow, Floodplains, Flood Hazard, and Land Use Planning
  18. chapter 11. Water Quality and Runoff Considerations in Landscape Management
  19. chapter 12. Soil Erosion, Stream Sedimentation, and Landscape Management
  20. chapter 13. Best Management Practices, Local Watersheds, and Development Sites
  21. chapter 14. The Riparian Landscape: Streams, Channel Forms, and Valley Floors
  22. chapter 15. The Coastal Landscape: Shoreline Systems, Landforms, and Management Considerations
  23. chapter 16. Solar Climate Near the Ground: Landscape and the Built Environment
  24. chapter 17. Microclimate, Climate Change, and the Urban Landscape
  25. chapter 18. Ground Frost, Permafrost, Land Use, and Environment
  26. chapter 19. Vegetation, Land Use, and Environmental Assessment
  27. chapter 20. Landscape Ecology, Land Use, and Habitat Conservation Planning
  28. chapter 21. Wetlands, Habitat, and Land Use Planning
  29. chapter 22. Framing the Land Use Plan: A Systems Approach
  30. GLOSSARY
  31. CREDITS
  32. INDEX