Fieldwork in Landscape Architecture: Approaches and Landings is the first guide to landscape design during its initial phase: the encounter between the designer and site. Through this book you will learn to master your own approaches to 'landing' in the field to help you determine the course of the design process, by converting abstract concepts into concrete methodology. Written by leading experts in the field and featuring critical essays and voices, 160 full-colour drawings, illustrations, photographs, maps and diagrams, it will equip students and instructors of landscape architecture, across all levels, with the conceptual and practical tools they need to refine their skills and gain the confidence to become creative and critical landscape professionals.

This study assessed the nature of historical archaeological resources within New River Gorge National River (NERI) and Gauley River National Recreation Area (GARI). The study documented the location, condition and research potential of a sample of historical archaeological sites within NERI and GARI; conducted limited exploratory archaeological investigations of representative historic sites; created sites descriptions, maps and summarized other data relating to these sites; and identified research questions that these historic and other historic resources located in NERI and GARI have the potential to address.

Systematic, scientific research to locate, evaluate and document archeological resources on National Park System lands.

This Systemwide Archeological Inventory Program (SAIP) is intended to provide a framework for systematic, scientific research that locates, evaluates, and documents archeological resources. The importance of the SAIP is that it emphasizes research within a cultural resources management framework. The purpose, structure, and requirements of the SAIP have been published and each NPS region is required to develop a regional plan to implement this program. This document represents the plan for the Midwest Region.

Bei der Ausformulierung eines Entwurfskonzeptes in eine realisierbare Planung bewegen sich Landschaftsarchitekten permanent zwischen zwei Betrachtungsebenen: der konkreten Entwurfsaufgabe im Kontext der Planungstypologie wie Park, Spielplatz, Freibad oder Sportanlage und dem einzelnen Planungselement wie Treppen, Rampen, Wege, Einfriedungen, Freiraummoebel etc. Konsequent gibt Landschaft planen dem Planer ein durchdachtes Planungsinstrument an die Hand, in dem sich zwei Hauptteile gegenuber stehen: "Elemente" und "Typologien", zwischen denen der Planer je nach Betrachtungsmassstab flexibel hin und her wechseln kann. Alle planungsrelevanten Informationen werden hierfur detailliert, ubersichtlich und im Zusammenhang prasentiert. Flankiert werden diese beiden Hauptkapitel durch ein Einleitungskapitel, das die Grundlagen und Rahmenbedingungen fur das Entwerfen im Freiraum erlautert, und dem "Nachschlagewerk" am Schluss des Buches, in dem allgemeine Masse und Einheiten, Vorschriften und Normen ubersichtlich zusammengestellt sind.

A conversation between an artist and a gardener in the California border-landscape about creation, change, and loss. An intertextual, fictionalized narrative weaves together several years of Mexican artist Erick Meyenberg's observations, research, video recordings, and paintings based on logbooks kept by gardener Chris Shea. Meyenberg's conversations with Shea about his ephemeral landscape infer the change and loss inherent in human life and propels the deep emotional intelligence of this bilingual book as it reflects on time, creation, and the inspiration of the natural world. Shea's remarkable, nuanced, and delicate language for color is reflected in Meyenberg's layered appreciation for the garden Shea tended until the end of his life. Eloisa Haudenschild, Director of inSite, commissioned Meyenberg's project with Shea for haudenschildGarage in La Jolla, California, and enlisted curator Ruth Estevez, the text's author. For more information about the project see the haudenschildGarage website or DoppelHouse.com. Note: This book has two parts, one in English, one in Spanish.

Tokyo's seemingly endless sea of buildings has grown incrementally over the past centuries, leading to an urban condition that is both coherent and contradictory at the same time. The understanding of Tokyo as a continuous and interdependent urban complex is a much-neglected perspective in previous readings of the city. An attachment to the land, strong civic commitment, and a deep appreciation of the immaterial has produced a nested megastructure of smaller communities. These places have all evolved in a related way, briefly and temporarily disrupted by earthquakes and a devastating war. Over time, a set of distinct urban patterns emerged through centralisation processes, the "manshon urbanisation", the relocation of various types of manufacturing, and other developments. What might appear homogeneous in composition and rhythm is in fact a configuration of distinctly different spaces, created by the routines of everyday life that make the district of Shinjuku different from Shimokitazawa or Kitamoto. This book not only provides the first comprehensive reading of the many urbanisation processes shaping Tokyo today, but also seeks an entirely new approach for looking at megacity regions: through their differences, and the way those differences are produced in the course of everyday life.

Humphry Repton (1752-1818) ambitiously styled himself Capability Brown's successor: the century's next great improver of landed property. With his rare combination of skills - he was a talented topographical sketcher with a unique ability to judge the shifting needs of his patrons - over thirty years Repton amassed an incredible four hundred commissions; his famous Red Books, illustrated to help clients visualise the potential of their properties, did much to encourage the appreciation of landscape aesthetics, especially among the rising middle classes. With colourful illustrations and detailed site investigations, this book traces Repton's landscape designs from Picturesque wildernesses like Blaise Castle to the progressive Gardenesque style of Endsleigh in Devon. It is both a perfect visitor's guide to the gardens and an introduction to the theory of Repton's work.

'Nature' and the 'city' have most often functioned as opposites within Western culture, a dichotomy that has been reinforced (and sometimes challenged) by religious images. Bohannon argues here that cities and natural environments, however, are both connected and continually affected by one another. He shows how such connections become overt during natural disasters, which disrupt the narratives people use to make sense of the world,including especially religious narratives, and make them more visible. This book offers both a theoretical exploration of the intersection of the city, nature, and religion, as well as a sociological analysis of the 1997 flood in Grand Forks, ND, USA. This case study shows how religious factors have influenced how the relationship between nature and the city is perceived, and in particular have helped to justify the urban control of nature. The narratives found in Grand Forks also reveal a broader understanding of the nature of Western cities, highlighting the potent and ethically-rich intersections between religion, cities and nature.

Panama - Architecture Urban Art Texture, is a book of illustrations showcasing the multi-cultural lifestyle of the country of Panama; photographer Claudio Santini uses the magic of his camera to capture the interesting urban-essence of the old streets of Casco Viejo, the modernity of the new architecture of Panama City, as well as the suburban expression of the relinquished town of Colon. The colorful texture of these subjects powerfully evokes an abstract image of creative energy.

This Cultural Landscape Report draws together the varied knowledge of the physical history and current condition of the Preserve landscape into a synthetic document that suggests appropriate means for implementing the overarching management approach laid out in the GMP.

How a forgotten environmental tradition of the pre-Civil War era may prove powerfully useful to us now Perhaps America's best environmental idea was not the national park but the garden cemetery, a use of space that quickly gained popularity in the mid-nineteenth century. Such spaces of repose brought key elements of the countryside into rapidly expanding cities, making nature accessible to all and serving to remind visitors of the natural cycles of life. In this unique interdisciplinary blend of historical narrative, cultural criticism, and poignant memoir, Aaron Sachs argues that American cemeteries embody a forgotten landscape tradition that has much to teach us in our current moment of environmental crisis. Until the trauma of the Civil War, many Americans sought to shape society into what they thought of as an Arcadia-not an Eden where fruit simply fell off the tree, but a public garden that depended on an ethic of communal care, and whose sense of beauty and repose related directly to an acknowledgement of mortality and limitation. Sachs explores the notion of Arcadia in the works of nineteenth-century nature writers, novelists, painters, horticulturists, landscape architects, and city planners, and holds up for comparison the twenty-first century's-and his own-tendency toward denial of both death and environmental limits. His far-reaching insights suggest new possibilities for the environmental movement today and new ways of understanding American history.

The purpose of the plan was to identify: The program and types of uses that would be accommodated in the historic buildings that would generate adequate revenue for building rehabilitation and preservation; Improvements to facilitate public uses, including new construction and removal of buildings, landscape treatments, trails, parking, circulation, and locations and patterns of use; Waterfront improvements; Opportunities for habitat restoration; and An approach to the protection, rehabilitation and maintenance of historic and natural resources.

This book reflects the way in which the city interacts with the sacred in all its many guises, with religion and the human search for meaning in life. As the process of urbanization of society is accelerating thus giving an increasing importance to cities and the 'metropolis', it is relevant to investigate the social or cultural cohesion that these urban agglomerations manifest. Religion is keenly observed as witnessing a growth, crucially impacting cultural and political dynamics, as well as determining the emergence of new sacred symbols and their inscription in urban spaces worldwide. The sacred has become an important category of a new interpretation of social and cultural transformation processes. From a unique broader perspective, the volume focuses on the relationship between the city and the sacred. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, combining the expertise of philosophers, historians, architects, social geographers, sociologists and anthropologists, it draws a nuanced picture of the different layers of religion, of the sacred and its diverse forms within the city, with examples from Europe, South America and the Caribbean, and Africa.

A real life story of one woman's passion for the mountains of the Lake District. Her story captures the essence and beauty of the fells with humour and sel-deprecation, taking you on a journey through the realities of fell-walking and what the guide books do not tell you.

The Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) serves as the primary treatment document for cultural landscapes and the primary tool for managing those landscapes. It provides treatment guidance within the context of the site's history and significance, extant features and historic character, and current planning objectives and management goals. This report, the second volume of the CLR, includes overall treatment strategies for the site as well as direct treatment actions that are needed to ensure the long-term protection, preservation, and continued use of the landscape. Although ongoing park and volunteer efforts have succeeded in protecting and preserving many of the essential elements of the historic landscape, they have been operating without a comprehensive plan for managing the landscape as a whole. Volume 2 provides a comprehensive plan under the umbrella of the broader goals established in the park's General Management Plan.

The Cultural Landscapes Inventory (CLI) is a comprehensive inventory of all historically significant landscapes within the National Park System. This evaluated inventory identifies and documents each landscape's location, physical development, significance, National Register of Historic Places eligibility, condition, as well as other valuable information for park management.

This report provides a comprehensive management plan and documents existing and historic conditions and addresses appropriate maintenance, renovation, and replacement strategies to preserve and enhance the historic character of the hedges.

This report for Glen Haven consists of four parts: site history, existing conditions, analysis, and treatment guidelines. The site history and existing conditions sections document in narrative and graphic form the physical evolution of the landscape from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. The analysis section provides a concise discussion of the property's historic significance according to the National Register criteria, and an evaluation of the landscape characteristics and associated features that contribute to that significance. The analysis incorporates concepts from National Register Bulletin 30: Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Rural Historic Landscapes. All preservation, restoration, rehabilitation, or reconstruction treatment recommendations conform to the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Historic Preservation, and the Guidelines for the Treatment of Historic Landscapes.

The Cultural Landscape Report, Part Two: Treatment is for two component landscapes within Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site. These two components landscapes are the Pasture/Hay Fields component landscape and the Upland Pastures component landscape. It builds off of the John Milner Associates Cultural Landscape Report, Part One which is the primary source ofinformation for this project concerning the property's history, significance, existing conditions, and contributing landscape resources.

This Cultural Landscape Report documents the history and significance of the trail system, with an emphasis on the physical features, and guides the future treatment of the trails.

Suzhou, near Shanghai, is among the great garden cities of the world. The city's masterpieces of classical Chinese garden design, built from the eleventh through the nineteenth centuries, attract thousands of visitors each year and continue to influence international design. In The Gardens of Suzhou, landscape architect and scholar Ron Henderson guides visitors through seventeen of these gardens. The book explores UNESCO world cultural heritage sites such as the Master of the Nets Garden, Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, and Garden of the Peaceful Mind, as well as other lesser-known but equally significant gardens in the Suzhou region. Unlike the acclaimed religious and imperial gardens found elsewhere in Asia, Suzhou's gardens were designed by scholars and intellectuals to be domestic spaces that drew upon China's rich visual and literary tradition, embedding cultural references within the landscapes. The elements of the gardens confront the visitor: rocks, trees, and walls are pushed into the foreground to compress and compact space, as if great hands had gathered a mountainous territory of rocky cliffs, forests, and streams, then squeezed it tightly until the entire region would fit into a small city garden. Henderson's commentary opens Suzhou's gardens, with their literary and musical references, to non-Chinese visitors. Drawing on years of intimate experience and study, he combines the history and spatial organization of each garden with personal insights into their rockeries, architecture, plants, and waters. Fully illustrated with newly drawn plans, maps, and original photographs, The Gardens of Suzhou invites visitors, researchers, and designers to pause and observe astonishing works from one of the world's greatest garden design traditions.