Landscape Conservation, Maintenance and Management

A comprehensive overview of key information needed by the professional landscape architect in a pocket-sized guide...

Part of a series of books on environmental planning, this comprehensive text focuses on environmental impact assessment and design...

Guided by the Landscape Institute’s 2013 Pathway to Chartership syllabus, this structured, step-by-step, narrative guide sets out the documentation commonly used within the landscape profession. As an understanding of professional practice is intrinsic to all Landscape Institute accredited courses, ..

Demonstrates the tools to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of living roofs for cities to manage urban runoff...

This book reflects on the background for the establishment of the convention, takes a critical look at examples and experiences from the implementation of it, and discusses future developments for the convention and the management of landscapes in Europe...

This collection of interdisciplinary essays presents internationally renowned designers, scientists, regulators, environmental and civil engineers and their research and project work on the integration of cleanup...

This book is a 'route map' through the legislative and policy frameworks and explains how conservation works in Europe. It goes through the policies for nature conservation in the European Community and its constituent member states and sets out the..

Highly visual and containing contributions from leading names in landscape, architecture and design, this volume provides a rare insight into people’s engagement with the outdoor environment; looking at the ways in which the design of spaces and places meets people’s needs and desires in the twenty-..

Highly visual and containing contributions from leading names in landscape, architecture and design, this volume provides a rare insight into people’s engagement with the outdoor environment; looking at the ways in which the design of spaces and places meets people’s needs and desires in the twenty-..

Written by a renowned expert with 25 years of experience in urban watershed management, Porous Pavements is the first comprehensive "encyclopedia" of porous pavement materials. The first five chapters lay a foundation for all porous pavement materials and applications, introducing the types of mater..

Discussions on the global economy focus on the hyper-mobility of capital, the possibility of instantaneous transmission of information and money around the globe, the centrality of information outputs to our economic systems and emphasise the neutralisation of geography and of places. What is ignore..

Professional Practice for Landscape Architects third edition deals with the practical issues of being a successful landscape architect professional...