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Landscape performance : Ian McHarg's ecological planning in the Woodlands, Texas

Yang, Bo

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Overview of landscape performance scholarship -- Ian McHarg : a pioneer in performance evaluation -- Recent development of performance assessment -- Premier research programs -- Social benefits -- Economic benefits -- Performance evaluation : the Woodlands vs. Houston -- The Woodlands : an exemplary case for performance assessment -- Planning and design process -- Resilience to flood -- Runoff volume -- Stormwater quality -- Urban heat island -- The Woodlands performance post-McHarg -- An evolving ecological plan -- Modeling development and runoff scenarios -- Stormwater performance -- Safety perception -- Major players and barriers -- Ecological wisdom and urban resilience -- McHarg's ecological wisdom -- Urban resilience and contemporary relevance

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Landscape performance : Ian McHarg's ecological planning in the Woodlands, Texas

Yang, Bo

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Overview of landscape performance scholarship -- Ian McHarg : a pioneer in performance evaluation -- Recent development of performance assessment -- Premier research programs -- Social benefits -- Economic benefits -- Performance evaluation : the Woodlands vs. Houston -- The Woodlands : an exemplary case for performance assessment -- Planning and design process -- Resilience to flood -- Runoff volume -- Stormwater quality -- Urban heat island -- The Woodlands performance post-McHarg -- An evolving ecological plan -- Modeling development and runoff scenarios -- Stormwater performance -- Safety perception -- Major players and barriers -- Ecological wisdom and urban resilience -- McHarg's ecological wisdom -- Urban resilience and contemporary relevance

Landscape performance : Ian McHarg's ecological planning in the Woodlands, Texas

Yang, Bo

Table of contents

Overview of landscape performance scholarship -- Ian McHarg : a pioneer in performance evaluation -- Recent development of performance assessment -- Premier research programs -- Social benefits -- Economic benefits -- Performance evaluation : the Woodlands vs. Houston -- The Woodlands : an exemplary case for performance assessment -- Planning and design process -- Resilience to flood -- Runoff volume -- Stormwater quality -- Urban heat island -- The Woodlands performance post-McHarg -- An evolving ecological plan -- Modeling development and runoff scenarios -- Stormwater performance -- Safety perception -- Major players and barriers -- Ecological wisdom and urban resilience -- McHarg's ecological wisdom -- Urban resilience and contemporary relevance

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Title:

Landscape performance : Ian McHarg's ecological planning in the Woodlands, Texas

Contributors:

Yang, Bo (author)

Published in:

Routledge research in landscape and environmental design

Publication date:

2019

Size:

xix, 279 Seiten

Remarks:

24 cm
Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

Type of media:

Book

Type of material:

Print

Language:

English

Keywords:

McHarg, Ian L , Sustainable urban development , Woodlands (Tex.) , Landscape architecture , Land use , City planning

Classification:

BKL: 74.77 Landschaftsplanung, Landschaftspflege / 74.25 Nordamerika
DDC: 307.1/21609764

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