Landscape performance : Ian McHarg's ecological planning in the Woodlands, Texas / Bo Yang.
Ian McHarg's ecological planning approach has been influential since the 20th century. However, few empirical studies have been conducted to evaluate the performance of his projects. Using the framework of landscape performance assessment, this book demonstrates the long-term benefits of a reno...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge,
2019.
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| Series: | Routledge research in landscape and environmental design.
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| Summary: | Ian McHarg's ecological planning approach has been influential since the 20th century. However, few empirical studies have been conducted to evaluate the performance of his projects. Using the framework of landscape performance assessment, this book demonstrates the long-term benefits of a renowned McHargarian project (The Woodlands town development) through quantitative and qualitative methods. Including 44 black and white illustrations, Landscape Performance systematically documents the performance benefits of the environmental, social, and economic aspects of The Woodlands project. It delves into McHarg's planning success in The Woodlands in comparison with adjacent Houston developments, which demonstrated urban resilience after Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Lastly, it identifies the ingredients of McHarg's ability to do real and permanent good. Yang also includes a number of appendices which provide valuable information on the methods of assessing performance in landscape development. This book would be beneficial to academics and students of landscape architecture and planning with a particular interest in Ian McHarg. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781317266198 1317266196 9781315636825 1315636824 9781317266174 131726617X 9781317266181 1317266188 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 24, 2018) |
| Biographical or Historical Data: | Bo Yang is an associate professor of landscape architecture at the University of Arizona, USA. |