Basics Landscape Architecture 02: Ecological Design

Download or read book Basics Landscape Architecture 02: Ecological Design written by Nancy Rottle and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basics Landscape Architecture 02: Ecological Design provides an overview of ecological design and planning for landscape architects. It explores the concepts and themes important to the contemporary practice of ecological design and planning in a highly accessible and richly illustrated format. Focusing primarily on urban environments, this book examines the relationships between ecological design theory and design methods. It describes and illustrates the basic structures and functions of natural and human systems through landscape ecology principles and the dynamics of landscape processes.