Green Infrastructure
Mark A. Benedict
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Description for Green Infrastructure
Paperback. With illustrative and detailed examples, this work advances smart land conservation: largescale thinking and integrated action to plan, protect and manage our natural and restored lands. It also provides a detailed how-to for planners, designers, landscape architects, and citizen activists. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13 tables, 65 figures, 35 photos, bibliography, glossary, index. BIC Classification: RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 253 x 16. Weight in Grams: 678.
With illustrative and detailed examples drawn from throughout the country, Green Infrastructure advances smart land conservation: largescale thinking and integrated action to plan, protect and manage our natural and restored lands. From the individual parcel to the multistate region, Green Infrastructure helps each of us look at the landscape in relation to the many uses it could serve, for nature and people, and determine which use makes the most sense. In this wide-ranging primer, leading experts in the field provide a detailed how-to for planners, designers, landscape architects, and citizen activists.
With illustrative and detailed examples drawn from throughout the country, Green Infrastructure advances smart land conservation: largescale thinking and integrated action to plan, protect and manage our natural and restored lands. From the individual parcel to the multistate region, Green Infrastructure helps each of us look at the landscape in relation to the many uses it could serve, for nature and people, and determine which use makes the most sense. In this wide-ranging primer, leading experts in the field provide a detailed how-to for planners, designers, landscape architects, and citizen activists.
Product Details
Publisher
Island Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
678g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9781559635585
SKU
V9781559635585
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Mark A. Benedict
Mark A. Benedict is the Senior Associate for Strategic Conservation and the Senior Advisor for the Conservation Leadership Network at the Conservation Fund. He resides in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Edward T. McMahon holds the Charles Fraser Chair on Sustainable Development at the Urban Land Institute in Washington, D.C. He lives in Takoma Park, Maryland; The Conservation Fund is located in ... Read more
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