Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Designing wildlife habitats / John Beardsley, editor.

By: (34th : Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture (34th : 2010).
Contributor(s): Beardsley, John.
Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, c2013Description: vi, 294 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 27 cm.ISBN: 0884023850 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780884023852 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Biodiversity -- Congresses | Ecosystem health -- Congresses | Habitat (Ecology) -- CongressesGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 577
Contents:
Introduction : cultivating wildlife / John Beardsley -- Pt. I. Frameworks. Edging into the wild / Harriet Ritvo ; Wildness and wilderness in Ottoman gardens and landscape : manifestations of nature through body, architecture, and city / B. Deniz ðCaliðs ; Spatial scale and the design of conservation interventions / Joshua R. Ginsberg ; Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and the design of landscapes / Shahid Naeem ; "That's real meat" : birds, native people, and conservation in the neotropics / Shepard Krech III -- Pt. II. Sites, scales, systems. Designing a wilderness for wildlife : the case of the Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa / Jane Carruthers ; Wildlife habitat design for biodiversity conservation and conservation education : two case studies : Alice Springs Desert park and the Cambodia Wildlife Sanctuary / Stuart Green ; Orongo Station Master Plan (photo essay) / Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects ; Ecological restoration foundations to designing habitats in urban areas / Steven N. Handel ; Biodiversity and climate change in cities / Kristina Hill ; ARC wildlife crossing competition : "hypar-nature" (photo essay) / HNTB Engineering and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates ; The role of designers in creating wildlife habitat in the built environment / Alexander J. Felson ; Integration across scales : landscape as infrastructure for the protection of biodiversity / Kongjian Yu.
    average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

"Volume based on papers presented at the symposium 'Designing Wildlife Habitats,' held at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C., on May 14-15, 2010"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : cultivating wildlife / John Beardsley -- Pt. I. Frameworks. Edging into the wild / Harriet Ritvo ; Wildness and wilderness in Ottoman gardens and landscape : manifestations of nature through body, architecture, and city / B. Deniz ðCaliðs ; Spatial scale and the design of conservation interventions / Joshua R. Ginsberg ; Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and the design of landscapes / Shahid Naeem ; "That's real meat" : birds, native people, and conservation in the neotropics / Shepard Krech III -- Pt. II. Sites, scales, systems. Designing a wilderness for wildlife : the case of the Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa / Jane Carruthers ; Wildlife habitat design for biodiversity conservation and conservation education : two case studies : Alice Springs Desert park and the Cambodia Wildlife Sanctuary / Stuart Green ; Orongo Station Master Plan (photo essay) / Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects ; Ecological restoration foundations to designing habitats in urban areas / Steven N. Handel ; Biodiversity and climate change in cities / Kristina Hill ; ARC wildlife crossing competition : "hypar-nature" (photo essay) / HNTB Engineering and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates ; The role of designers in creating wildlife habitat in the built environment / Alexander J. Felson ; Integration across scales : landscape as infrastructure for the protection of biodiversity / Kongjian Yu.

Copyright © 2020 Alfaisal University Library. All Rights Reserved.
Tel: +966 11 2158948 Fax: +966 11 2157910 Email:
librarian@alfaisal.edu