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"A wetland center in London, parks in downtown San Francisco, a wildlife sanctuary in Arcata, and a wetlands park on the outskirts of Las Vegas--what do these urban and suburban locations have in common? They are leading examples of a new restoration design approach that is squarely placed at t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: France, R. L. (Robert Lawrence) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2012]
Colección:Integrative studies in water management and land development.
Temas:
Restoration ecology > Case studies.
Landscape design > Case studies.
Ecotourism > Case studies.
Outdoor recreation > Environmental aspects > Case studies.
Réhabilitation (Écologie) > Études de cas.
Aménagement paysager > Études de cas.
Écotourisme > Études de cas.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Ecotourism
Landscape design
Outdoor recreation > Environmental aspects
Restoration ecology
Electronic books.
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Brown fields and gray waters: creating public greenspace from regenerated marginal landscapes Day for night: stream daylighting in the San Francisco Bay area For the time being: designing a palimpsest landscape at Crissy Fields, San Francisco
  • California dreamin'--a reality: multidimensional resource utilization in Arcata
  • California case study lessons
  • Recovery processes and design practices for regenerating derelict landscapes for recreation and ecotourism
  • From the Las Vegas Wash to Clark County Wetlands Park
  • Appendix: City of Henderson Water Reclamation Facility and Bird Viewing Preserve
  • Las Vegas case study questions / answers by Mark Raming [and others]
  • From Barn Elms reservoirs to the London Wetland Centre
  • London case study questions / answers by Malcolm Whitehead, Kevin Perbedy, and Doug Hulyer
  • Clark County Wetlands Park and the London Wetland Centre integrative themes and lessons.

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