Tree Roots In The Built Environment

Author : John Roberts,Nick Jackson,Mark Smith,Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (Great Britain)
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006-06-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0117536202

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Tree Roots in the Built Environment by John Roberts,Nick Jackson,Mark Smith,Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (Great Britain) Pdf

This publication sets out a comprehensive review of tree root biology and covers a broad range of practical issues that need to be considered in order to grow trees successfully in our towns and cities and to realise the significant benefits they provide in built environments. Topics covered include: soil condition and roots; improving tree root growth in urban soils; water supply and drought amelioration for amenity trees; coping with soil contamination; protecting trees during excavation and good trenching practice; control of damage to tree roots on construction sites; tree root damage to buildings and pavements, sewers, drains and pipes; research needs and sustainability issues.

Author : John Roberts,Nick Jackson,Arboricultural Association
Publisher : Stationery Office/Tso
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0900978597

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Tree Roots in the Built Environment by John Roberts,Nick Jackson,Arboricultural Association Pdf

This publication sets out a comprehensive review of tree root biology and covers a broad range of practical issues that need to be considered in order to grow trees successfully in our towns and cities and to realise the significant benefits they provide in built environments. Topics covered include: soil condition and roots; improving tree root growth in urban soils; water supply and drought amelioration for amenity trees; coping with soil contamination; protecting trees during excavation and good trenching practice; control of damage to tree roots on construction sites; tree root damage to buildings and pavements, sewers, drains and pipes; research needs and sustainability issues.

Author : James Urban
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Landscape architecture
ISBN : MINN:31951D02584305M

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Up by Roots by James Urban Pdf

"Up By Roots is a manual for landscape architects, architects, urban foresters, and planners who are designing, specifying, installing and managing trees in the built environment. Part One discusses basic soil science and tree biology and their relationship to healthy trees. Part Two explains the process of planning and implementing landscape designs to ensure healthy trees that can improve the quality of places where people live, work and play. The book contains numberous illustrations and data in graphic form to provide guidance in the design of healthy soils and trees."--Pub. desc.

Author : Gary W. Watson,Dan Neely
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015053925700

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Trees and Building Sites by Gary W. Watson,Dan Neely Pdf

Author : P. G. Biddle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Buildings
ISBN : MINN:31951D01712088E

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Tree Root Damage to Buildings by P. G. Biddle Pdf

Author : Dana R. Fisher,Erika S. Svendsen,James Connolly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317934158

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Urban Environmental Stewardship and Civic Engagement by Dana R. Fisher,Erika S. Svendsen,James Connolly Pdf

Once considered the antithesis of a verdant and vibrant ecosystem, cities are now being hailed as highly efficient and complex social ecological systems. Emerging from the streets of the post-industrial city are well-tended community gardens, rooftop farms and other viable habitats capable of supporting native flora and fauna. At the forefront of this transformation are the citizens living in the cities themselves. As people around the world increasingly relocate to urban areas, this book discusses how they engage in urban stewardship and what civic participation in the environment means for democracy. Drawing on data collected through a two-year study of volunteer stewards who planted trees as part of the MillionTreesNYC initiative in the United States, this book examines how projects like this can make a difference to the social fabric of a city. It analyses quantitative survey data along with qualitative interview data that enables the volunteers to share their personal stories and motivations for participating, revealing the strong link between environmental stewardship and civic engagement. As city governments in developed countries are investing more and more in green infrastructure campaigns to change the urban landscape, this book sheds light on the social importance of these initiatives and shows how individuals’ efforts to reshape their cities serve to strengthen democracy. It draws out lessons that are highly applicable to global cities and policies on sustainability and civic engagement.

Author : Charles L. Marohn, Jr.
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119564812

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Strong Towns by Charles L. Marohn, Jr. Pdf

A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States. Presenting the foundational ideas of the Strong Towns movement he co-founded, Charles Marohn explains why cities of all sizes continue to struggle to meet their basic needs, and reveals the new paradigm that can solve this longstanding problem. Inside, you’ll learn why inducing growth and development has been the conventional response to urban financial struggles—and why it just doesn’t work. New development and high-risk investing don’t generate enough wealth to support itself, and cities continue to struggle. Read this book to find out how cities large and small can focus on bottom-up investments to minimize risk and maximize their ability to strengthen the community financially and improve citizens’ quality of life. Develop in-depth knowledge of the underlying logic behind the “traditional” search for never-ending urban growth Learn practical solutions for ameliorating financial struggles through low-risk investment and a grassroots focus Gain insights and tools that can stop the vicious cycle of budget shortfalls and unexpected downturns Become a part of the Strong Towns revolution by shifting the focus away from top-down growth toward rebuilding American prosperity Strong Towns acknowledges that there is a problem with the American approach to growth and shows community leaders a new way forward. The Strong Towns response is a revolution in how we assemble the places we live.

Author : Wendy R. McClure,Tom J. Bartuska
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781118174159

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The Built Environment by Wendy R. McClure,Tom J. Bartuska Pdf

This book takes a sweeping view of the ways we build things, beginning at the scale of products and interiors, to that of regions and global systems. In doing so, it answers questions on how we effect and are affected by our environment and explores how components of what we make—from products, buildings, and cities—are interrelated, and why designers and planners must consider these connections.

Author : Robert Kourik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0961584866

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Understanding Roots by Robert Kourik Pdf

Understanding Roots uncovers one of the greatest mysteries underground—the secret lives and magical workings of the roots that move and grow invisibly beneath our feet. Roots, it seems, do more than just keep a plant from falling over: they gather water and nutrients, exude wondrous elixirs to create good soil, make friends with microbes and fungi, communicate with other roots, and adapt themselves to all manner of soils, winds, and climates, nourishing and sustaining our gardens, lawns, and woodlands. Understanding Roots contains over 115 enchanting and revealing root drawings that most people have never seen, from prairies, grasslands, and deserts, as well as drawings based on excavations of vegetable, fruit, nut, and ornamental tree roots. Every root system presented in this book was drawn by people literally working in the trenches, sketching the roots where they grew. The text provides a verydetailed review of all aspects of transplanting; describes how roots work their magic to improve soil nutrients; investigates the hidden life of soil microbes and their mysterious relationship to roots; explores the question of whether deep roots really gather more unique nutrients than shallow roots; shares the latest research about the mysteries of mycorrhizal (good fungal) association; shows you exactly where to put your fertilizer, compost, water, and mulch to help plants flourish; tells you why gray water increases crop yields more than fresh water; and, most importantly, reveals the science behind all the above (with citations for each scientific paper). This book contains at least eighty percent more new information, more results of the latest in-depth and up-to-date explorations, and even more helpful guidelines on roots than the author’s previous book (Roots Demystified: Change Your Garden Habits to Help Roots Thrive). This is not a revised edition—it’s a whole new stand-alone book.

Author : Gordon Noble
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107159839

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Woodland in the Neolithic of Northern Europe by Gordon Noble Pdf

A detailed consideration of the ways in which human-environment relations altered with the beginnings of agriculture in the Neolithic of northern Europe.

Author : Gayle Brandow Samuels
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0813535395

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Enduring Roots by Gayle Brandow Samuels Pdf

Trees are the grandest and most beautiful plant creations on earth. From their shade-giving, arching branches and strikingly diverse bark to their complex root systems, trees represent shelter, stability, place, and community as few other living objects can. Enduring Roots tells the stories of historic American trees, including the oak, the apple, the cherry, and the oldest of the world's trees, the bristlecone pine. These stories speak of our attachment to the land, of our universal and eternal need to leave a legacy, and demonstrate that the landscape is a gift, to be both received and, sometimes, tragically, to be destroyed. Each chapter of this book focuses on a specific tree or group of trees and its relationship to both natural and human history, while exploring themes of community, memory, time, and place. Readers learn that colonial farmers planted marker trees near their homes to commemorate auspicious events like the birth of a child, a marriage, or the building of a house. They discover that Benjamin Franklin's Newtown Pippin apples were made into a pie aboard Captain Cook's Endeavour while the ship was sailing between Tahiti and New Zealand. They are told the little-known story of how the Japanese flowering cherry became the official tree of our nation's capital--a tale spanning many decades and involving an international cast of characters. Taken together, these and many other stories provide us with a new ways to interpret the American landscape. "It is my hope," the author writes, "that this collection will be seen for what it is, a few trees selected from a great forest, and that readers will explore both--the trees and the forest--and find pieces of their own stories in each."

Author : Colin A. Booth,Felix N. Hammond,Jessica Lamond,David G. Proverbs
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781405195072

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Solutions for Climate Change Challenges in the Built Environment by Colin A. Booth,Felix N. Hammond,Jessica Lamond,David G. Proverbs Pdf

The multi-disciplinary perspective provided here offers a strategic view on built environment issues and improve understanding of how built environment activities potentially induce global warming and climate change. It also highlights solutions to these challenges. Solutions to Climate change Challenges in the Built Environment helps develop an appreciation of the diverse themes of the climate change debate across the built environment continuum. A wide perspective is provided through contributions from physical, environmental, social, economic and political scientists. This strategic view on built environment issues will be useful to researchers as well as policy experts and construction practitioners wanting a holistic view. This book clarifies complex issues around climate change and follows five main themes: climate change experiences; urban landscape development; urban management issues; measurement of impact; and the future. Chapters are written by eminent specialists from both academic and professional backgrounds. The main context for chapters is the developed world but the discussion is widened to incorporate regional issues. The book will be valuable to researchers and students in all the built environment disciplines, as well as to practitioners involved with the design, construction and maintenance of buildings, and government organisations developing and implementing climate change policy.

Author : Fumihiko Seta,Arindam Biswas,Ajay Khare,Joy Sen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811021381

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Understanding Built Environment by Fumihiko Seta,Arindam Biswas,Ajay Khare,Joy Sen Pdf

This book is a comprehensive document visualizing the future of built environment from a multidisciplinary dimension, with special emphasis on the Indian scenario. The multidisciplinary focus would be helpful for the readers to cross-refer and understand others' perspectives. The text also includes case studies substantiating theoretical research. This method of composition helps the book to maintain rational balance among theory, research and its contextual application. The book comprises selected papers from the National Conference on Sustainable Built Environment. The chapters provide varied viewpoints on the core issues of urbanization and planning. This compilation would be of interest to students, researchers, professionals and policy makers.

Author : Noel Streatfeild
Publisher : Persephone Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Bereavement
ISBN : 1906462089

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Saplings by Noel Streatfeild Pdf

"First published in 1945 by Collins"--Copyright page.

Author : Danny B Draper,Peter A Richards
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643098824

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Dictionary for Managing Trees in Urban Environments by Danny B Draper,Peter A Richards Pdf

Dictionary for Managing Trees in Urban Environments is a comprehensive list of terms used in the universal management of urban trees. Many of the terms are from arboricultural science, while others are derived from unproven but commonly applied concepts. Where the existing terminology to describe trees was limited or nonexistent, new terms have been introduced. This dictionary allows for broad application and use by a wide variety of people and conveys in plain language concepts that are sometimes complex. Most major terms have been cross referenced and diagrams have been added for greater understanding. While a number of pertinent botanical terms have been included, those readily found within dictionaries of general plant sciences and botany have been omitted. Dictionary for Managing Trees in Urban Environments promotes a greater understanding of arboriculture and urban forestry, and will assist in the preparation of reports for the management of trees, procedures and planning instruments, such as Tree Management Policies and Tree Management Orders.