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.
Prologue
Foreword
The Hunter and the Philosopher
Chapter 1 : The Human Habitat
Chapter 2 : Climate
Chapter 3 : Land
Chapter 4 : Water
Chapter 5 : Vegetation
Chapter 6 : Landscape Character
Chapter 7 : Topography
Chapter 8 : Site Planning
Chapter 9 : Site Development
Chapter 10 : Landscape Planting
Chapter 11 : Site Volumes
Chapter 12 : Visible Landscape
Chapter 13 : Circulation
Chapter 14 : Structures
Chapter 15 : Habitations
Chapter 16 : Community Planning
Chapter 17 : Urban Design
Chapter 18 : Growth Management
Chapter 19 : The Regional Landscape
Chapter 20 : The Planned Environment
Chapter 21 : Perspective
Retrospective
Project Credits
Quotation Sources
Bibliography
Index
