U.S. Landscape Ordinances : An Annotated Reference Handbook
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State-by-state listings and explanations of municipal landscape ordinances In U.S. Landscape Ordinances, Buck Abbey furnishes landscape architects, planners, land-use attorneys, and students with a much-needed resource. This state-by-state presentation demystifies the complex planning laws and ordinances that determine landscape design parameters for more than 300 American cities. The author highlights sections of each ordinance that pertain to landscape architecture, boils the legalese down to plain English, explains the law's main purpose and regulatory function, and spells out the practical implications from a design perspective. With the help of more than fifty diagrams and drawings that clarify complex spatial concepts, U.S. Landscape Ordinances reviews the entire spectrum of green laws currently on the books, including ordinances that cover: Parking lots and vehicular use areas Landscape buffers and screens Street tree plantings Open space design Irrigation Land clearing and building sites The product of ten years of painstaking research and analysis, U.S. Landscape Ordinances is a unique and invaluable tool for professionals in landscape design and municipal planning. It also offers a deep reservoir of information for students, municipal legislators, community activists, and anyone interested in understanding or developing a community's landscape ordinances.
The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
This comprehensive reference brings together and explains the planning ordinances which govern the landscapes of 300 U.S. cities. In it, the author demystifies the complex planning laws that regulate such areas as the design of parking lots, vehicular use areas, landscape buffers, and tree plantings.
U.S. Landscape Ordinances : An Annotated Reference Handbook
U.S. Landscape Ordinances : An Annotated Reference Handbook,Buck Abbey,John Wiley & Sons,0471292761,Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice,Architecture,City planning and redevelopmen,City planning and redevelopment law,Landscape,Landscape protection,Law and legislation,Legal Reference / Law Profession,Reference,States,United States,Architecture / Landscape,City & town planning - architectural aspects,Environment law,Property, real estate, land & tenancy law,Sustainability,USA
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