Metropolitan Open Space and Natural Process /

Metropolitan Open Space and Natural Process / / ed. by David A. Wallace.

Open space in urban regions is fast disappearing, but it can still be saved by coordinating man's design with the processes of nature. The authors demonstrate here methods that permit better and more profitable economic and industrial development, while raising the quality of life and saving th...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
MitwirkendeR:
Grigsby, William G.,
Mcharg, Ian L.,
Roberts, William H.,
Strong, Ann Louise,
Toulan, Nohad A.,
Toulon, Nohad A.,
Wallace, David A.,
HerausgeberIn:
Wallace, David A.,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]
©1971
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:Reprint 2016
Language:English
Series:Anniversary Collection
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Physical Description:1 online resource (199 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Open Space from Natural Processes
  • 2. The Distribution and Value of Open Land in the Philadelphia Area
  • 3. Incentives and Controls for Open Space
  • 4. Economic and Fiscal Aspects of Open Space Preservation
  • 5. Design of Metropolitan Open Space Based on Natural Process
  • Appendix: Methodology for Chapter II
  • Referential Bibliography

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