Designing Greenways : sustainable landscapes for nature and people. /
Paul Cawood Hellmund & Daniel Somers Smith.
- xiv, 270 p. ill. ; maps ; 28 cm.
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Contents : Preface XI -- Chapter 1 -- Ontroduction : Greenway Functions, Design and History 1 -- Greenways and Landscape Integrity : An Overview 1 -- Landscape Problems and Greenway Opportunities 10 -- A Strategic Greenway Design Approach 22 -- Greenways and Sustainable Design : The Significance of Scale and Equity 23 -- Evolution of Greenways from Linear Conversation and Transportation Corridors 26 -- Greenway Examples 34 -- Chapter 2 Green Ecology and the Integrity of Landscapes : An Illustrated Primer 42 -- Bringing Together Diverse Perspectives 42 -- A Willingness to Communite beyond Narrow Limits 43 -- Landscape Ecology a Boon to Greenway Design 43 -- Landscape Ecology as an Inclusive Perspective 44 -- Taking the Broader View 45 -- Getting to Know a Landscape at a Human Scale 45 -- An Illustrated Primer : The Language of Landscape Integrity 45 -- Chapter 3 Greenways as Wildlife Corridors Redd F. Noss 70 -- Wildlife Movement and the Role for Corridors 72 -- Corridors as Habitat 74 -- Corridors in Daily and Seasonal Wildlife Movements 82 -- Corridors and Other Landscape Elements in Dispersal 84 -- The Role of Dispersal Corridors in Population Persistence 87 -- The Role of Corridors in Facilitating Long Distance Range Shifts 90 -- Key Greenway Design Issues 92 -- Conclusion 99 -- Chapter 4 Riparian Greenways and Water Resources Michael W. Binford and Richard J. Karty 108 -- Structure of Riparian Corridors and Their Associated Watersheds 109 -- Riparian Corridor Functions 114 -- Effects of Human Activities on Riparian Corridors 132 -- Applications in Design and Management 135 -- Conclusions 150 -- Chapter 5 The Social Ecology of Landscape Design : Applications For Greenways with Lianne Fisman 158 -- Society and Nature : Understanding the Human Landscape 159 -- The Social Basis of Landscape Change : Ideas, Institutions and Participation 167 -- Applications : Greenways as Part of a Reinvigorated Commons 178 -- Conclusions 202 -- Chapter 6 Ecological Greenway Design 207 -- Chatfield Basin Conservation Network : An Example 208 -- Design Makes a Difference 210 -- Dealing with the Complexity of Greenway Design and Confusion among Designers 210 -- Greenways Can Be a Component of Sustainable Design 211 -- Language, Principles and Models for Greenway Design 213 -- A Design Method : Getting the Greenway Vision 215 -- Greenway Design Method 222 -- Sources of Information for the Greenway Design Method 254 -- Finding and Using Maps 254 -- Conclusions 256 -- Epilogue Landscape Lines to Hold 259 -- Index 263 --