Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes and Communities

by Mark A. Benedict, Edward T. McMahon, The Conservation Fund

With illustrative and detailed examples drawn from throughout the country, Green Infrastructure advances smart land conservation: large scale thinking and integrated action to plan, protect and manage our natural and restored lands. From the individual parcel to the multi-state region, Green Infrastructure helps each of us look at the landscape in relation to the many uses it could serve, for nature and people, and determine which use makes the most sense.

In this wide-ranging primer, leading experts in the field provide a detailed how-to for planners, designers, landscape architects, and citizen activists

Genres: Landscape Architecture, Conservation, Nonfiction

320 pages, Paperback

First published March 18, 2006

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really just speed-read this book because it went deeper into the issue than really needed. However, I picked up some very good concepts and information!

[Deb · Rating 3 out of 5]

thoughtful discussion on conservation & infrastructure.
alot of info to absorb here

[Paul Hoffman · Rating 4 out of 5]

As conservationists, we can have development and conserve habitat too.

[Zhanqiang Zhu · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is an easy read book that may help you a quick know of green infrastructure (GI) in view of smart planning, also a lot stories about greenway. It is the first book that led me into the field of GI.

[Michael LeClair]

Excellent foundational text on Green Infrastructure.