Landscape Planning


The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs
Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier
Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took On New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century
Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability
Tom  Turner
To achieve these goals [of making good landscapes}, there is but one necessity: when preparing and approving plans for new places, or spending money on old places, we must look beyond the confines of each and every project. Gazing at these wider horizons, we shall see that development projects are initiated by specialists who have been imprisioned within "closely drawn technical limits" and "narrowly drawn territorial boundaries" (Weddle 1967; vii). ...more
Tom Turner, Landscape Planning And Environmental Impact Design

Tom  Turner
Single-purposism, as we have seen, tends to create projects that harm the environment. Instead, we should design projects with as favourable an environmental impact as possible. This is the objective of environmental impact design.
Tom Turner, Landscape Planning And Environmental Impact Design

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