The last landscape /
"For years we wasted land with impunity," William H. Whyte writes in this classic work at last returned to print, "now we no longer can.".
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
Publication Dates: |
[2002] ©2002 |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812208504 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780812208504.jpg |
Summary: |
"For years we wasted land with impunity," William H. Whyte writes in this classic work at last returned to print, "now we no longer can.". |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (392 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | 21 illus. |
ISBN: | 9780812208504 |
Index Number: | HT167 |
CLC: | TU984.712 |
Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / 1. Introduction -- 2. The Politics of Open Space -- The Police Power -- 4. The Fee Simple -- 5 Easements -- 6. The Tax Approach -- 7. Defending Open Space -- 8. The Year 2000 plans -- 9. The Green Belts -- 10. Linkage -- 11. The Design of Nature -- 12. Cluster Development -- 13. The New Towns -- 14. The Project Look -- 15. Play Areas and Small Spaces -- The Plan of the Landscape -- 17. Scenic Roads -- 18. Roadsides -- 19 Townscape -- 20. The Case for Crowding -- 21. The Last Landscape -- Bibliography -- Index. |