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Author Ndubisi, Forster, 1955-

Title Ecological planning : a historical and comparative synthesis / Forster Ndubisi ; foreword by Frederick R. Steiner
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 287 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Center books in contemporary landscape design
Center books on contemporary landscape design.
Contents Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Ecological Planning in a Historical Perspective -- Chatper 2 -- The First Landscape -- Suitability Approach -- Chapter 3 -- The Second Landscape -- Suitability Approach -- Chapter 4 -- The Applied-Human-Ecology Approach -- Chapter 5 -- The Applied-Ecosystem Approach -- Chapter 6 -- The Applied-Landscape-Ecology Approach -- Chapter 7 -- Assessment of Landscape Values and Landscape Perception -- Chapter 8 -- A Synthesis of Approaches to Ecological Planning -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index
Summary "Should be read by all institutional and public choice economists who work toward solving problems associated with human use of the natural environment."--Journal of Economic Issues
Notes "Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Harrisonburg, Virginia."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-279) and index
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Subject Ecological landscape design.
Landscape assessment.
Landscape ecology.
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
Ecological landscape design
Landscape assessment
Landscape ecology
Form Electronic book
Author Center for American Places.
ISBN 080187775X
9780801877759
9780801868016
0801868017