Reading The Landscape

Author : May Theilgaard Watts
Publisher : Nature Study Guild Publishers
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0912550236

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Reading the Landscape of America by May Theilgaard Watts Pdf

In this natural history classic, the author takes the reader on field trips to landscapes across America, both domesticated and wild. She shows how to read the stories written in the land, interpreting the clues laid down by history, culture, and natural forces. A renowned teacher, writer and conservationist in her native Midwest, Watts studied with Henry Cowles, the pioneering American ecologist. She was the first to explain his theories of plant succesion to the general public. Her graceful, witty essays, with charming illustrations by the author, are still relevant and engaging today, as she invites us to see the world around us with fresh eyes.

Author : Peter Valenti
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0155014323

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Reading the Landscape by Peter Valenti Pdf

This reader/rhetoric is appropriate for composition courses or single-topic courses relating to the environment or ecology. It provides a solid introduction to the writing process, while moving the student from a me-oriented personal view into a larger world of family and community through readings and exercises.

Author : Tom Wessels
Publisher : Nature
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0881504203

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Reading the Forested Landscape by Tom Wessels Pdf

Chronicles the forest in New England from the Ice Age to current challenges

Author : David Holmgren
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Attitude change
ISBN : 0994392877

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RetroSuburbia by David Holmgren Pdf

RetroSuburbia is part manual and part manifesto. The book shows how Australian suburbs can be transformed to become productive and resilient in an energy descent future. It focuses on what can be done by an individual at the household level (rather than community or government levels).RetroSuburbia is a source of inspiration, introducing concepts and outlining patterns and practical solutions. It empowers people to make positive changes in their lives. As with David's previous work, it is thought provoking and provocative.If you are already on the path of downshifting and living simply, exploring RetroSuburbia will be a confirmation and celebration that you are on the right track and guide you on the next steps forward. If you are just beginning this journey, it provides a guide to the diversity of options and helps work out priorities for action. For people concerned about making ends meet in more challenging times, RetroSuburbia provides a new lens for creatively sidestepping the obstacles.The book outlines options available to retrofitters in three 'fields' - the Built, Biological and Behavioural - along with speculation on the future and philosophical musings. Throughout the book, examples from David's 'Aussie St' story and real life case studies support and enhance the main content. RetroSuburbia can be read as a whole, cover to cover, or can be dipped into according to your interests.RetroSuburbia is almost 600 pages in full colour with 556 photos and over 100 watercolour illustrations from permaculture illustrator Brenna Quinlan.

Author : May Theilgaard Watts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Adaptation (Biology)
ISBN : OCLC:1196942785

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Reading the Landscape by May Theilgaard Watts Pdf

Author : Patrick Whitefield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Landscapes
ISBN : 1856231852

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How to Read the Landscape by Patrick Whitefield Pdf

Patrick Whitefield has spent a lifetime living and working in the countryside and 20 years of that taking notes of what he sees, everywhere from the Isle of Wight to the Scottish Highlands. This book explains everything from the details, such as the signs which wild animals leave as their signatures and the meaning behind the shapes of different trees, to how whole landscapes, including woodland, grassland and moorland, fit together and function as a whole. Rivers and lakes, roads and paths, hedgerows and field walls are also explained, as are the influence of different rocks, the soil and the ever-changing climate.

Author : Patrick Whitefield
Publisher : Permanent Publications
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1856230430

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The Living Landscape by Patrick Whitefield Pdf

"Being able to 'read' the landscape whilst on a walk makes a huge difference. It is like suddenly seeing the world in colour after being used to a lifetime of black and white. The Living Landscape looks in detail at landscape formation: from rocks, through soil to vegetation and the intricate web of interactions between plants, animals, climate and the people that makes the landscape around us. Each chapter is interspersed with diagrams, sketches and notes that Patrick has taken over two decades of living and working in the countryside. Patrick will inspire you to reconnect with the land as a living entity, not a collection of different scenery, and develop an active relationship with nature and the countryside. This book invites you to actively engage with nature and experience it first hand. Understanding how landscapes evolve is a useful skill for landscape designers, farmers, gardeners and smallholders but it is also a life-enhancing skill all of us can enjoy. Patrick offers us the enduring pleasure that costs nothing and yet offers everything." -- Publisher's description

Author : Robert Yarham
Publisher : Herbert Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1912217279

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How to Read the Landscape by Robert Yarham Pdf

Interest in the environment has never been greater and yet most of ushave little knowledge about the 4 billion years of history that formedit. This book explains the principles of geology, geography andgeomorphology, and shows how a basic understanding of geologicaltimescales, plate tectonics and landforms can help you 'read' the greatoutdoors. This is a highly illustrated book with a very accessible textthat clearly illuminates the landscape around us.

Author : John R. Stilgoe
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780262029896

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What Is Landscape? by John R. Stilgoe Pdf

A lexicon and guide for discovering the essence of landscape.

Author : B. Rivera-Barnes,J. Hoeg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230101906

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Reading and Writing the Latin American Landscape by B. Rivera-Barnes,J. Hoeg Pdf

Spanning the whole of Latin America, including Brazil, from its beginnings in 1492 up to the present time, Rivera-Barnes and Hoeg analyze the relationship between literature and the environment in both literary and testimonial texts, asking questions that contribute to the on-going dialogue between the arts and the sciences.

Author : Frank Mitchell,Michael Ryan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015041067318

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Reading the Irish Landscape by Frank Mitchell,Michael Ryan Pdf

This is the third revision of this seminal work. Co-authored by original author Frank Mitchell and now Michael Ryan, the result is a stunning collaboration between masters giving all the elements of the original book, modified, updated and further enhanced by the inclusion of a new narrative of Irish archaeology from the Stone Age to the Norman Invasion. Together they have successfully undertaken the daunting task of giving in one book the story of the shaping of the land from the beginning of time until now, by all tbe varying forces of nature, sea, climate, man and machine. The story takes in the shaping of the crust, the movement of glaciers, the first men and their primitive agriculture, their buildings and their effect on the forests, the growth of bogs, new migrations, the rise of the monasteries of the Early Christians and the castles of conquest, the devastation of war, urban growth, modern agriculture and afforestation, all set against the backdrop of the landscape, arguably one Ireland's most precious resources.

Author : Kirstie A. Fryirs,Gary J. Brierley
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118305447

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Geomorphic Analysis of River Systems by Kirstie A. Fryirs,Gary J. Brierley Pdf

Filling a niche in the geomorphology teaching market, this introductory book is built around a 12 week course in fluvial geomorphology. ‘Reading the landscape’ entails making sense of what a riverscape looks like, how it works, how it has evolved over time, and how alterations to one part of a catchment may have secondary consequences elsewhere, over different timeframes. These place-based field analyses are framed within their topographic, climatic and environmental context. Issues and principles presented in the first part of this book provide foundational understandings that underpin the approach to reading the landscape that is presented in the second half of the book. In reading the landscape, detective-style investigations and interpretations are tied to theoretical and conceptual principles to generate catchment-specific analyses of river character, behaviour and evolution, including responses to human disturbance. This book has been constructed as an introductory text on river landscapes, providing a bridge and/or companion to quantitatively-framed or modelled approaches to landscape analysis that are addressed elsewhere. Key principles outlined in the book emphasise the importance of complexity, contingency and emergence in interpreting the character, behaviour and evolution of any given system. The target audience is second and third year undergraduate students in geomorphology, hydrology, earth science and environmental science, as well as river practitioners who use geomorphic understandings to guide scientific and/or management applications. The primary focus of Kirstie and Gary’s research and teaching entails the use of geomorphic principles as a tool with which to develop coherent scientific understandings of river systems, and the application of these understandings in management practice. Kirstie and Gary are co-developers of the River Styles® Framework and Short Course that is widely used in river management, decision-making and training. Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/fryirs/riversystems.

Author : Tom Wessels
Publisher : The Countryman Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781581578577

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Forest Forensics: A Field Guide to Reading the Forested Landscape by Tom Wessels Pdf

Take some of the mystery out of a walk in the woods with this new field guide from the author of Reading the Forested Landscape. Thousands of readers have had their experience of being in a forest changed forever by reading Tom Wessels's Reading the Forested Landscape. Was this forest once farmland? Was it logged in the past? Was there ever a major catastrophe like a fire or a wind storm that brought trees down? Now Wessels takes that wonderful ability to discern much of the history of the forest from visual clues and boils it all down to a manageable field guide that you can take out to the woods and use to start playing forest detective yourself. Wessels has created a key—a fascinating series of either/or questions—to guide you through the process of analyzing what you see. You’ll feel like a woodland Sherlock Holmes. No walk in the woods will ever be the same.

Author : Lex ter Braak,Anne Hoogewoning,Erik de Jong,Frank van der Salm,David Hamers
Publisher : Nai010 Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9056627031

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Reading the American Landscape by Lex ter Braak,Anne Hoogewoning,Erik de Jong,Frank van der Salm,David Hamers Pdf

Their journey is recorded in Reading the American Landscape, which includes essays by the members of the group and a number of American landscape researchers.

Author : Simon Bell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781135820060

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Landscape: Pattern, Perception and Process by Simon Bell Pdf

Providing a fresh approach to the theory of design, Landscape: Pattern, Perception and Process synthesizes planning, design and ecology and shows a new view of where design can develop. The book brings together the work and subject areas of a range of disciplines including psychologists, philosophers, geologists, ecologists, cultural geographers, foresters, urban planners and landscape architects and synthesizes all these together. Since many landscape and environmental problems require multi-disciplinary approaches for their solution, this book demonstrates how the best integration can be achieved. Highly illustrated, it contains examples from North America, Canada, Europe and Australasia. Glossary, references and further reading provide the reader with guidance and back-up resources.