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Granite Garden Urban Nature & Human Desi

by Anne Whiston Spirn

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This award-winning book by a Harvard landscape architect proves how important it is to understand the natural settings of cities—their air, water, geology, plant, and animal life—to create better, more habitable urban environments.
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Anne Whiston Spirn is professor and chairman, Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania.
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A must for urban environmental policy people of all stripes... Although over 20 years old - a timeless classic!
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ISBN:
9780465027064
Author:
Spirn, Anne Whiston
Publisher:
Basic Books (AZ)
Author:
Spirn, Anne W.
Subject:
Techniques
Subject:
Landscape
Subject:
Gardening and horticulture
Subject:
Rock gardens
Subject:
Sociology - General
Subject:
Architecture-Landscape Architecture
Copyright:
1984
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
19850831
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
9.02x6.12x.88 in. 1.21 lbs.
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