Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design

Robert L. France

ISBN 10: 1566705622 / ISBN 13: 9781566705622

Published by Taylor & Francis Inc Mai 2002, 2002

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Neuware - Presents the history of water as a design and planning element in landscape architecture and describes interpretations of water management. This handbook addresses the subject of site-specific water sensitive design. It focuses on issues relating to the water sensitive planning of riparian buffers and watersheds.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Mai 2002
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1566705622
• ISBN 13: 9781566705622
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 265W x 188H x 48D millimeters 265 millimeters width by 188 millimeters height by 48 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1444 grams

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Synopsis

Design options and planning procedures must be critically examined to ensure that landscapes are created with sensitivity to water quality and management issues as well as overall ecological integrity. Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design presents the history of water as a design and planning element in landscape architecture and describes new interpretations of water management. This text pushes the frontiers of standard water management in new directions, challenging readers into abandoning the comfortable safety of conducting business-as-usual within narrow disciplinary confines, and instead directing views outward to the exciting and incompletely mapped regions of true interdisciplinary water sensitive planning and design.

With contributions from renowned practitioners, Part I provides seventeen chapters addressing the subject of site-specific water sensitive design and Part II presents another seventeen chapters focusing on issues relating to the water sensitive planning of riparian buffers and watersheds. In addition, Professor France has provided a "Response" to accompany each chapter, which succinctly underscores the salient features in more detail and emphasizes cross-linking to other chapters in the book. The "Overview" provides a brief road-map to navigate through the section. Finally, the discussion summaries at the end of each section elaborate on past problems, current challenges, and future directions. Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design puts forward the very best of modern water sensitive planning and design and should be required reading for everyone involved in this dynamic and crucial field.

About the Author

Robert L. France