Designing Green Landscapes (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)

While the natural resources of the earth continue to diminish, "Green Landscapes" arebeingcalleduponto produceanincreasingrangeofgoodsandservices.A Green Landscape is a rural expanse of scenery that may comprise a variety of visible f- tures. This book focuses on forested landscapes, although much of the theory and most of the practical applications are valid for any area of land. In many regions of the world, people depend on forests for their livelihood and well-being. Forests provide multiple services, - bene ts generated for society by the existence of c- tain forest ecosystems and their attributes. The value of these bene ts is often only recognised when they are lost after removal of the trees, resulting in ooding, loss of income and declining species diversity. Forests provide multiple services. However, the amount and quality, and the p- ticular mix of these services depend on the condition of the resource. Landscape design is a proven way to ensure that certain desired bene ts will be available in space and time. It provides the foundation and an essential starting point for s- tainable management. This volume, which forms part of Springer's book series Managing Forest Ecosystems, presentsstate-of-the-artresearchresults, visionsandtheories, aswell as speci c methodsfor designing Green Landscapes, as a basis for sustainable ecos- tem management. The book contains a wealth of information which may be useful to companymanagement, the legal and policy environmentand forestry administ- tors. The volume is subdivided into four sections.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Managing Forest Ecosystems, 15
Release date:	March 2008
First published:	2008
Foreword by:	K. von Gadow
Editors:	Klaus Gadow
Foreword by:	T. Pukkala
Editors:	Timo Pukkala
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	290
Edition:	2008 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-6758-7
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques
LSN:	1-4020-6758-5
Barcode:	9781402067587

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