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.
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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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I am somewhat new to reading books such as this for pleasure, but I read what I think will interest me. I was thrown at first by the title thinking that the book was going to be about hard scaping. Instead this book was a real eye opener to a lot of things we take for granted every day. Chapters titled soil, water, and air open up the reader to understand all that is envolved in making a city before you get to the buildings and people. I initally borrowed the book from the library while reading it but had to purchase a copy of my own for future reference. I give this book a high recommendation to anyone in the architecture or landscape fields.
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This book may have been eye opening for its time, but only the frame work of the problems listed are actually still relevant. The book criticizes cities for issues that are present throughout the world in areas of all populations and development. Most of the examples are outdated and give modern readers a false sense of our current environment. The book often exaggerates and offer few feasible solutions to the problems it presents.
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IN THE NEXT DECADE important decisions will be made concerning the future of cities across the globe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
roadside ecosystem, detain stormwater, urban street trees, urban geology, urban vegetation, grading regulations, urban natural environment, urban climatology, urban wilds, urban ecosystem, urban plants, pollutant standard index, large urban parks, natural drainage system, swelling soils, urban climate, geologic hazards, geological hazards, urban soils, single park, street canyons, entire metropolitan region, urban wildlife, storm drainage system, climate project Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Los Angeles, New York City, Back Bay, San Francisco, Charles River, Environmental Protection Agency, Paley Park, Kansas City, National Park Service, North American, Mount Vernon, Beacon Hill, Love Canal, Mexico City, Boston Common, Central Park, Charles Street, Emerald Necklace, Frederick Law Olmsted, Rock Creek Park, Auburn Cemetery, Lafayette Park, Madison Avenue, Mill Pond New!
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IN THE NEXT DECADE important decisions will be made concerning the future of cities across the globe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
roadside ecosystem, detain stormwater, urban street trees, urban geology, urban vegetation, grading regulations, urban natural environment, urban climatology, urban wilds, urban ecosystem, urban plants, pollutant standard index, large urban parks, natural drainage system, swelling soils, urban climate, geologic hazards, geological hazards, urban soils, single park, street canyons, entire metropolitan region, urban wildlife, storm drainage system, climate project Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Los Angeles, New York City, Back Bay, San Francisco, Charles River, Environmental Protection Agency, Paley Park, Kansas City, National Park Service, North American, Mount Vernon, Beacon Hill, Love Canal, Mexico City, Boston Common, Central Park, Charles Street, Emerald Necklace, Frederick Law Olmsted, Rock Creek Park, Auburn Cemetery, Lafayette Park, Madison Avenue, Mill Pond New!
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- Nature in Cities: Natural Environment in the Design and Development of Urban Green Areas by Ian C. Laurie on 12 pages
- The Urban Environment by John Fien A. Andrews on 6 pages
- Geology and the Urban Environment by David Leveson on 5 pages
- Water for the Cities: A History of the Urban Water Supply Problem in the United States by Nelson M. Blake on 4 pages
- Geologic Hazards, Resources and Environmental Planning (Geography) by Gary B. Griggs on 4 pages
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- Theory in Landscape Architecture: A Reader (Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture) by Simon Swaffield on page 111, and Back Matter
- The Economics of Amenity: Community Future and Quality of Life : A Policy Guide to Urban Economic Development by Robert H. McNulty in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Site Details from Architectural Graphic Standards, 8th Edition by Charles George Ramsey on page 44, and page 60
- Water for Life: Water Management and Environmental Policy by James L. Wescoat Jr in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Urban Policy Issues: Canadian Perspectives by David Siegel on page 138, and page 169
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