TY - BOOK ID - 5849464 TI - Principles of ecological landscape design PY - 2013 SN - 9781597267014 1597267015 9781597267021 1597267023 1597263575 1610911997 PB - Washington, DC : Island Press, DB - UniCat KW - Landschapsecologie KW - Landschap KW - Landschapsbeleid (landschapsbescherming) KW - Ecologie KW - 712 KW - Landschapsarchitectuur. Tuinkunst. Parkaanleg KW - Ecological landscape design. KW - Ecosystem health. KW - Ecological landscape design KW - Ecosystem health KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Ecology KW - Environmental Sciences KW - 712 Landschapsarchitectuur. Tuinkunst. Parkaanleg KW - Ecological health KW - Health, Ecological KW - Health, Ecosystem KW - Ecologically sound landscape design KW - Environmentally sound landscape design KW - Environment. KW - Science. KW - Landscape architecture. KW - Urban planning. KW - City planning. KW - Applied ecology. KW - Landscape ecology. KW - Environment, general. KW - Landscape Architecture. KW - Urbanism. KW - Science, general. KW - Applied Ecology. KW - Landscape Ecology. KW - Applied ecology KW - Landscape design KW - Environmental sciences. KW - Architecture. KW - Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary. KW - Environmental protection KW - Nature conservation KW - Architecture, Western (Western countries) KW - Building design KW - Buildings KW - Construction KW - Western architecture (Western countries) KW - Art KW - Building KW - Environmental science KW - Science KW - Design and construction KW - Cities and towns KW - City planning KW - Civic planning KW - Land use, Urban KW - Model cities KW - Redevelopment, Urban KW - Slum clearance KW - Town planning KW - Urban design KW - Urban development KW - Urban planning KW - Land use KW - Planning KW - Art, Municipal KW - Civic improvement KW - Regional planning KW - Urban policy KW - Urban renewal KW - Horticultural service industry KW - Landscape gardening KW - Landscaping industry KW - Government policy KW - Management UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5849464 AB - Today, there is a growing demand for designed landscapes—from public parks to backyards—to be not only beautiful and functional, but also sustainable. Sustainability means more than just saving energy and resources. It requires integrating the landscapes we design with ecological systems. With Principles of Ecological Landscape Design, Travis Beck gives professionals and students the first book to translate the science of ecology into design practice. This groundbreaking work explains key ecological concepts and their application to the design and management of sustainable landscapes. It covers biogeography and plant selection, assembling plant communities, competition and coexistence, designing ecosystems, materials cycling and soil ecology, plant-animal interactions, biodiversity and stability, disturbance and succession, landscape ecology, and global change. Beck draws on real world cases where professionals have put ecological principles to use in the built landscape. The demand for this information is rising as professional associations like the American Society of Landscape Architects adopt new sustainability guidelines (SITES). But the need goes beyond certifications and rules. For constructed landscapes to perform as we need them to, we must get their underlying ecology right. Principles of Ecological Landscape Design provides the tools to do just that. ER -