Rottle, NancyYocom, Ken
AVA Publishing SA (Lausanne, 2018) (eng) English9781350089006Basics landscape architecture1st ed.LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE; UnknownBasics Landscape Architecture 02: Ecological Design provides an overview of ecological design and planning for landscape architects. It explores the concepts and themes important to the contemporary practice of ecological design and planning in a highly accessible and richly illustrated format. Focusing primarily on urban environments, this book examines the relationships between ecological design theory and design methods. It describes and illustrates the basic structures and functions of natural and human systems through landscape ecology principles and the dynamics of landscape processes.
Physical dimension
1 online resource (184 p.)Unknownill.
Summary / review / table of contents
Front matter
1. What is ecological design? 12–33
2. Systems 34–61
3. Landscape dynamics 62–81
4. Project processes 82–103
5. Operations 104–125
6. Places 126–167
Back matter