Laurie. M. & Laurie, A., 2002, An introduction to landscape architecture, Pearson Professional Education.,
- Author : Laurie. M. & Laurie, A.
- Year : 2002
- Publisher : Pearson Professional Education.
- ISBN : 0135007526
- Pages : 0
- Abstract : AN OUTLINE FROM INTERNET: This book is the base for the practice and teaching the Environmental Drawing. There are essays and study cases about the necessity of considering the city health and the ecological processes when planning the Landscape. Taking the man as the principal subject, he tells a little bit about the Landscape Architecture - since Olmstead, and earlier intentions of treating the landscape that came from the first civilizations through the time. Its also rich considering the elements of the ecological cýcles that composes the environment - like the microclimate, the human and the natural actions, focusing on each important agent of the landscape, and giving examples of "how to feel" each case study, as an example for other situations.
- Comments : KEYWORDS: landscape architecture, landscape gardening, landscape design, physical planning.