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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Anniversary CollectionPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©1971Edition: Reprint 2016Description: 1 online resource (199 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780812276176
  • 9781512808186
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
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
Summary: 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 the environment. Contributors: William G. Grigsby, Ian McHarg, William H. Roberts, Ann Louise Strong, Nohad A. Toulan, and David A. Wallace.
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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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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 the environment. Contributors: William G. Grigsby, Ian McHarg, William H. Roberts, Ann Louise Strong, Nohad A. Toulan, and David A. Wallace.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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