The Granite Garden

Informationen zum Autor Anne Whiston Spirn is professor and chairman! Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning! University of Pennsylvania. Klappentext "This award-winning book by a Harvard landscape architect proves how important it is to understand the natural settings of cities--their air! water! geology! plant! and animal life--to create better! m" Zusammenfassung This award-winning book by a Harvard landscape architect proves how important it is to understand the natural settings of cities!their air! water! geology! plant! and animal life!to create better! more habitable urban environments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: The Granite Garden City and Nature City and Nature Air Dirt and Discomfort Improving Air Quality! Enhancing Comfort! and Conserving Energy Earth Shifting Ground and Squandered Resources Finding Firm Ground and Exploiting Resources Water Floods! Droughts! and Poisoned Water Controlling and Restoring the Waters Life Urban Plants: Struggle for Survival Nurturing the Urban Biome Pets and Pests Designing Wildlife Habitats The Urban Ecosystem The City as an Infernal Machine Designing the Urban Ecosystem * Epilogue: Visions of the Future

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Anne Whiston Spirn is professor and chairman, Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania.

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"This award-winning book by a Harvard landscape architect proves how important it is to understand the natural settings of cities--their air, water, geology, plant, and animal life--to create better, m"

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• Prologue: The Granite Garden City and Nature City and Nature Air Dirt and Discomfort Improving Air Quality, Enhancing Comfort, and Conserving Energy Earth Shifting Ground and Squandered Resources Finding Firm Ground and Exploiting Resources Water Floods, Droughts, and Poisoned Water Controlling and Restoring the Waters Life Urban Plants: Struggle for Survival Nurturing the Urban Biome Pets and Pests Designing Wildlife Habitats The Urban Ecosystem The City as an Infernal Machine Designing the Urban Ecosystem Epilogue: Visions of the Future