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Trees in the urban landscape: site assessment, design, and installation

by  Peter J Trowbridge / Nina Bassuk

Table Of Contents

  • Doing it right from the start: successful urban plant establishmant
  • What went wrong?
  • Think like a tree: a rational process for successful plant
  • Establishment
  • Back to basics
  • A process of plant establishment
  • Right plant/right place/no place
  • Nature or nurture
  • Coming full circle
  • Reference cited
  • Site assessment and analysis: an overview
  • Above-grede factors
  • Belowground factors
  • Decision making based on site assessment
  • References cited
  • Modification of soils
  • Background: issues for soil modification
  • Soils under pavements: structural soils
  • Soil volume calculations
  • Spatial configuration of the planting area
  • Surface treatment over the rooting zone
  • Ameliorating the effects of grade changes
  • Drainage principles and techniques
  • References cited
  • Plant selection
  • What functions do plants serve in the urban environment?
  • How do we Begin matching the plant to the site?
  • Current strategies
  • The case for visual uniformity
  • The case for species diversity
  • A solution
  • Recommended groups of visually compatible trees
  • Selecting and using a plant group
  • Additional recommended tree groups
  • Reference cited
  • Transplanting and initial care in the landscape
  • Plant Quality and nursery production practices
  • Methods of production and harvest
  • Some trees are more difficult to transplant successfully than others
  • Tree size
  • The process of handling and storage
  • Planting procedure
  • References cited
  • Site preservation and management
  • Preserving existing trees
  • Possible construction activities and related damage to trees
  • Writing specifications for vegetation protection during construction
  • Impact of soil compaction during construction
  • Paving around trees
  • Remediation techniqes for trees situated in recently compacted soils
  • References cited
  • Concluding remarks

Subject

Trees in cities / Urban landscape architecture

Details

Published Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, 2004
Language English
Material xiv, 207 p., [8] p. of plates
ISBN 0471392464
Location
SB 436 T863 2004 C.1
TCDC Bangkok - General Collection

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