Landscape architecture : a manual of environmental planning and design /
John Ormsbee Simonds, Barry W. Starke.
- 4th ed.
- New York : McGraw-Hill, c2006.
- xvi, 396 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
"Completely revised with emphasis on the shaping of a better environment for living and the care of planet Earth."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-388) and index.
1. The Human Habitat -- The Human Animal -- Nature -- The Natural Sciences -- Geology -- Hydrology -- Biology -- Botany -- Ecology -- Other -- The Ecological Basis -- Biosphere -- Interdependence -- Natural Systems -- Earthscape -- 2. Climate -- The Cold Region -- The Cool-Temperate Region -- The Warm-humid Region -- The Hot-dry Region -- Microclimatology -- 3. Land -- As Resource -- Land Grants -- Land Rights -- Use -- 4. Water -- Natural Systems -- Management -- Water-related Site Design -- 5. Vegetation -- Plants in Nature -- Plant Identification -- Plant Culture -- Horticulture -- Introduced Plantations -- Vanishing Green -- 6. Landscape Character -- The Natural Landscape -- Modification -- The Built Environment -- Compatibility -- 7. Topography -- Representation by Contours -- Survey -- Topographic Survey Specification -- Supplementary Data -- 8. Site Planning -- Program Development -- Site Selection -- Site Analysis. Comprehensive Land Planning -- The Conceptual Plan -- Site-structure Diagram -- Impact Assessment -- Computer Application -- 9. Site Development -- Site-structure Expression -- Site-structure Plan Development -- Site-structure Unity -- Site Systems -- 10. Landscape Planting -- Purpose -- Process -- Guidelines -- Advances -- 11. Site Volumes -- Spaces -- The Base Plan -- The Overhead Plan -- The Verticles -- 12. Visible Landscape -- The View -- The Vista -- The Axis -- The Symmetrical Plan -- Visual Resource Management -- 13. Circulation -- Motion -- Sequence -- The Automobile -- Travel by Rail, Air and Water -- People Movers -- 14. Structures -- Common Denominator -- Composition -- The Defined Open Space -- 15. Habitations -- Dwelling Nature Relationship -- Human Needs and Habitat -- Residential Components -- 16. Community Planning -- The Group Imperative -- Problems -- New Directions -- 17. Urban Design -- Cityscape -- The City Diagram -- The Ubiquitous Automobile -- People Places. Urban Green. Urban Blue -- The New Urbanity -- 18. Growth Management -- The Guideline Plan -- Scatteration and Urban Sprawl -- Restoration -- 19. The Regional Landscape -- Inter-relationships -- Regional Form -- Open-space Frame -- The Essentials -- Regional Planning -- Governance -- 20. The Planned Environment -- A Conservation Credo -- Environmental Issues -- 21. Perspective -- Disavowal and Quest -- Findings -- Insights -- Evolution and Revolution -- The Planned Experience -- The Work of the Landscape Architect.
With more than 30 percent new material, the fourth edition of this classic is an indispensable resource for practicing landscape architecture professionals as well as students. The most comprehensive overview of landscape architecture available, this reference covers every aspect of planning, design, installation, implementation, and maintenance. Landscape architects, architects, and everyone else involved with the shaping of our living environment will find in this colorful book a systematic approach to the creation of more usable, efficient, and attractive outdoor places. Simply put--it is the best one-volume course ever written on landscape planning and landscape design.