Street trees in Britain : a history /
"The trees which line many of the streets in our towns and cities can often be regarded as part of a heritage landscape. Despite the difficult conditions of an urban environment, these trees may live for 100 years or more and represent 'living history' in the midst of our modern stree...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Windgather Press,
2017.
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Edición: | Paperback edition. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction and research methods
- 2. Walks, allées, promenades and cours
- 3. Remnants from past landscapes
- 4. Early influences from overseas
- 5. The Victorian street tree movement
- 6. Victorian and Edwardian suburbs
- 7. Suburbia in the twentieth century
- 8. Spa towns and seaside resorts
- 9. Visions of garden cities with green streets
- 10. Threats and conflicts in the street environment
- 11. Selection, design and planting
- 12. Maintenance and management.