Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning
Author: Klaus-Jürgen Evert
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 1548
Release: 2010-05-21
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 3540764550

This unique, multilingual, encyclopedic dictionary in two volumes covers terms regularly used in landscape and urban planning, as well as environmental protection. The languages are American and British English, Spanish (with many Latin-American equivalents), French, and German. The encyclopedia also provides various interpretations of the terms at the planning, legal or technical level, which make its meaning more precise and its usage clearer.

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: City planning
ISBN: 9783540764564

This unique, multilingual, encyclopedic dictionary in two volumes covers terms regularly used in landscape and urban planning, as well as environmental protection. The languages are American and British English, Spanish (with many Latin-American equivalents), French, and German. The dictionary is intended for use by landscape architects, urban planners, nature conservationists, and environmentalists, working in planning practices, authorities (both local and government), research and educational institutes. Since its first publication in 2001 with German as the lead language, the dictionary has been completely revised and extended, so that it now contains a total of approximately 10,500 terms in each language. The terms have not simply been translated. Definitions are also given, together with cross references to generic and specific terms. As often as possible, various interpretations of the term at the planning, legal or technical level are provided, which make its meaning more precise and its usage clearer. At the same time definitions in each of the languages are also a valuable aid in understanding and enable alternative wordings for everyday use. Helpful suggestions have been made for the translation of a term, which does not exist in one or another of the languages, or is as yet unused. Three detailed indices, in Spanish, French, and German in the second volume of the dictionary, are referenced numerically according to the English order, and allow the user to find a word in any of the languages.

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning
Author: Klaus-Jürgen Evert
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1519
Release: 2010-05-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9783540764557

This unique, multilingual, encyclopedic dictionary in two volumes covers terms regularly used in landscape and urban planning, as well as environmental protection. The languages are American and British English, Spanish (with many Latin-American equivalents), French, and German. The encyclopedia also provides various interpretations of the terms at the planning, legal or technical level, which make its meaning more precise and its usage clearer.

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Urban Terms

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Urban Terms
Author: R.L. Sehgal
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Cities and towns
ISBN: 9788185040264

This Encyclopedic dictionnary is divided into sixteen chapters namely development planning, regional planning, urban planning, environmental planning, land use planning, transportation planning, housing, landscape planning, architecture, urban design, water resource management, sanitation planning, building engineering, legislation, economics, sociology, and demography.

Dictionary of Landscape Architecture and Construction

Dictionary of Landscape Architecture and Construction
Author: Alan Christensen
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 493
Release: 2005-04-07
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0071588876

A unique, comprehensive reference that defines the language of today's landscape architecture, planning, construction, and environmental science, covering such specifics as irrigation, plant science, soil science, wetlands, landscape ecology, horticulture, and land planning More than 7500 terms and meanings cover the breadth and depth of the field 300 illustrations illuminate both definitions and methods A KEYSTONE REFERENCE FOR LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONALS The Dictionary of Landscape Architecture and Construction defines the wide range of terms used in this diverse field. More than 7500 terms and definitions facilitate communication among professionals of all stripes and workers of all types. This ingenious tool crosses the disciplines, skills, and crafts of the range of professionals who contribute to landscape architecture today. In addition, 300 illustrations clearly exemplify construction and/or composition landscape elements. SPANNING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL ARTS, CONSTRUCTION, AND SCIENCES A comprehensive, carefully constructed resource, the Dictionary of Landscape Architecture and Construction defines vocabulary across the field, including land planning, environmental planning, construction, materials, methods, and botanicals. With straightforward definitions and clear illustrations, this resource can help everyone from architects, designers, and contractors to grounds maintenance workers understand the aims and requirements of landscape architecture projects of all types. AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR ANYONE WHO WORKS IN LANDSCAPE

Geo-Design

Geo-Design
Author: Steffen Nijhuis
Publisher: TU Delft Open
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2016-12-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 949251642X

Geo-Design. Advances in bridging geo-information technology and design bring together a wide variety of contributions from authors with backgrounds in urban planning, landscape architecture, education and geo-information technology presenting the latest insights and applications of geo-design. Geo-Design is here understood as a hybridization of the concepts “Geo” – representing the modeling, analytical and visualization capacities of GIS, and “Design” – representing spatial planning and design, turning existing situations into preferred ones. Through focusing on interdisciplinary design-related concepts and applications of GIS international experts share their recent findings and provide clues for the further development of geo-design. This is important since there is still much to do. Not only in the development of geo-information technology, but especially in bridging the gap with the design-disciplines. The uptake on using GIS is still remarkably slow among landscape architects, urban designers and planners, and when utilized it is often restricted to the basic tasks of mapmaking and data access. Knowledge development and dissemination of applications of geodesign through research, publications, and education, therefore, remain key factors. This publication draws upon the insights shared at the Geodesign Summit Europe held at Delft University of Technology in 2014. All contributions in the book are double-blind reviewed by experts in the field.

Exploring the Visual Landscape

Exploring the Visual Landscape
Author: Steffen Nijhuis
Publisher: TU Delft
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 160750832X

It offers clues for visual landscape assessment of spaces in cities, parks and rural areas.