DESCRIPTION
Those engaged in land conservation and management increasingly have come to envision and make use of a process that connects environmental, social, and economic health: Green Infrastructure. For the landscape designer, conservation-minded planner, and concerned citizen, this incisive work presents principles and practices to create conceptual and real links in communities across the country.

With illustrative and detailed examples, Green Infrastructure advances smart conservation: large-scale thinking and integrated action to plan, protect and manage our natural and restored lands. Providing both the historical framework for the importance of greenways and green space networks, and practical advice on how to design and implement them, this book is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to understand innovative approaches to conservation-minded land use.

TOPIC
General Interest