Trees in the City
Habitat: a Series of Texts on All Aspects of Human Settlements
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1977
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Authors: Ira Bruce Nadel, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, Lesley R. Bohm
- Editors: Ira B. Nadel, Cornelia H. Oberlander
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 2 1 4 8 9 - 4
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 2 4 5 8 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 5 7 0 0 - 9
Trees in the City provides an introduction to the process of humanizing the cityscape and guide to planting trees in city conditions. This book focuses on four basic concepts.… Read more
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Request a sales quoteTrees in the City provides an introduction to the process of humanizing the cityscape and guide to planting trees in city conditions. This book focuses on four basic concepts. First, trees play an essential role in human's urban life. Second, people must become aware of the environmental, esthetic, social, and political importance of trees. Third, trees need to be integrated with the pattern and function of urban activity. Finally, the design, placement, and maintenance of trees on city streets are the responsibility of everyone in the community. The topics discussed include a short history of trees in the city; environmental and esthetic relation of trees, human, and the city; tree choices and features; and designing a city street—models, problems, and matrixes. This publication is beneficial to landscape architects and individuals interested in tree planting in urban areas.
Introduction
I. Trees in the City - A Short History
II. Trees, Man and the City - The Environmental Relation
II. Trees, Man and the City - The Aesthetic Relation
IV. The Trees of the City
1. Tree Choices
2. Tree Features
3. Planting a Tree in the City
V. Designing a City Street - Models, Problems, Matrixes
1. Assessing a City Tree
2. Tree Identification
3. Designing a City Street
4. Problems in Urban Design
5. Planting a Tree
Epilogue
Appendix
A. How to Identify a Tree
B. Collecting and Mounting Specimens
Bibliography
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1977
- No. of pages (eBook): 102
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780080214894
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483124582
- eBook ISBN: 9781483157009
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