Trees and Development
Author : Nelda P. Matheny
Publisher : Bright Sparks
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 11,37 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Up by Roots
Author : James Urban
Publisher :
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 40,88 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Reference
ISBN :
Book Description
"Up By Roots is a manual for landscape architects, architects, urban foresters, and planners who are designing, specifying, installing and managing trees in the built environment. Part One discusses basic soil science and tree biology and their relationship to healthy trees. Part Two explains the process of planning and implementing landscape designs to ensure healthy trees that can improve the quality of places where people live, work and play. The book contains numberous illustrations and data in graphic form to provide guidance in the design of healthy soils and trees."--Pub. desc.
Growing Trees
Author : Judith Bauer Stamper
Publisher : Teaching Strategies
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 23,84 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Tree planting
ISBN : 9781606171271
Book Description
Best Management Practices
Author : Kelby Fite
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,14 MB
Release : 2016-04
Category : Arboriculture
ISBN : 9781881956945
Book Description
Guide for Plant Appraisal
Author : Council of Tree and Landscape Appraisers
Publisher :
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 24,54 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Book Description
Resource added for the Landscape Horticulture Technician program 100014.
Trees, Woods and Forests
Author : Charles Watkins
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 44,19 MB
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1780234155
Book Description
Forests—and the trees within them—have always been a central resource for the development of technology, culture, and the expansion of humans as a species. Examining and challenging our historical and modern attitudes toward wooded environments, this engaging book explores how our understanding of forests has transformed in recent years and how it fits in our continuing anxiety about our impact on the natural world. Drawing on the most recent work of historians, ecologist geographers, botanists, and forestry professionals, Charles Watkins reveals how established ideas about trees—such as the spread of continuous dense forests across the whole of Europe after the Ice Age—have been questioned and even overturned by archaeological and historical research. He shows how concern over woodland loss in Europe is not well founded—especially while tropical forests elsewhere continue to be cleared—and he unpicks the variety of values and meanings different societies have ascribed to the arboreal. Altogether, he provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of humankind’s interaction with this abused but valuable resource.
Seeing Trees
Author : Sonja Dümpelmann
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 42,7 MB
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 0300240708
Book Description
A fascinating and beautifully illustrated volume that explains what street trees tell us about humanity’s changing relationship with nature and the city Today, cities around the globe are planting street trees to mitigate the effects of climate change. However, as landscape historian Sonja Dümpelmann explains, this is not a new phenomenon. In her eye-opening work, Dümpelmann shows how New York City and Berlin began systematically planting trees to improve the urban climate during the nineteenth century, presenting the history of the practice within its larger social, cultural, and political contexts. A unique integration of empirical research and theory, Dümpelmann’s richly illustrated work uncovers this important untold story. Street trees—variously regarded as sanitizers, nuisances, upholders of virtue, economic engines, and more—reflect the changing relationship between humans and nonhuman nature in urban environments. Offering valuable insights and frameworks, this authoritative volume will be an important resource for years to come.
The Book of Trees
Author : Manuel Lima
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 24,89 MB
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781616892180
Book Description
Our critically acclaimed bestseller Visual Complexity was the first in-depth examination of the burgeoning field of information visualization. Particularly noteworthy are the numerous historical examples of past efforts to make sense of complex systems of information. In this new companion volume, The Book of Trees, data viz expert Manuel Lima examines the more than eight hundred year history of the tree diagram, from its roots in the illuminated manuscripts of medieval monasteries to its current resurgence as an elegant means of visualization. Lima presents two hundred intricately detailed tree diagram illustrations on a remarkable variety of subjects—from some of the earliest known examples from ancient Mesopotamia to the manuscripts of medieval monasteries to contributions by leading contemporary designers. A timeline of capsule biographies on key figures in the development of the tree diagram rounds out this one-of-a-kind visual compendium.
The Practical Science of Planting Trees
Author : Gary W. Watson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,8 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Tree planting
ISBN : 9781881956730
Book Description
"Since 1943, the International Society of Arboriculture has been publishing books that have documented changes in tree planting practices over the decades. This comprehensive volume is an up-to-date synthesis of the research devoted to planting urban trees. Anyone interested in planting trees - arborists, landscape professionals, students, researchers, and avid gardeners - will find this book to be an invaluable resource with an extensive reference list of scientific literature. Designed to help readers understand and implement the appropriate practices vital to planting a tree, it offers guidance to improve success and establish healthy trees that will last a lifetime."--Pub. desc.
In Defense of Plants
Author : Matt Candeias
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 31,39 MB
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 1642504548
Book Description
The Study of Plants in a Whole New Light “Matt Candeias succeeds in evoking the wonder of plants with wit and wisdom.” ―James T. Costa, PhD, executive director, Highlands Biological Station and author of Darwin's Backyard #1 New Release in Nature & Ecology, Plants, Botany, Horticulture, Trees, Biological Sciences, and Nature Writing & Essays In his debut book, internationally-recognized blogger and podcaster Matt Candeias celebrates the nature of plants and the extraordinary world of plant organisms. A botanist’s defense. Since his early days of plant restoration, this amateur plant scientist has been enchanted with flora and the greater environmental ecology of the planet. Now, he looks at the study of plants through the lens of his ever-growing houseplant collection. Using gardening, houseplants, and examples of plants around you, In Defense of Plants changes your relationship with the world from the comfort of your windowsill. The ruthless, horny, and wonderful nature of plants. Understand how plants evolve and live on Earth with a never-before-seen look into their daily drama. Inside, Candeias explores the incredible ways plants live, fight, have sex, and conquer new territory. Whether a blossoming botanist or a professional plant scientist, In Defense of Plants is for anyone who sees plants as more than just static backdrops to more charismatic life forms. In this easily accessible introduction to the incredible world of plants, you’ll find: • Fantastic botanical histories and plant symbolism • Passionate stories of flora diversity and scientific names of plant organisms • Personal tales of plantsman discovery through the study of plants If you enjoyed books like The Botany of Desire, What a Plant Knows, or The Soul of an Octopus, then you’ll love In Defense of Plants.
