Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1 Landscape Planning -- CHAPTER 1 Will planning die? -- Will planning die away, then? -- Gender and planning -- Science and planning -- Geography and planning -- Modern planning -- Early-modern planning -- High-modern planning -- Late-modern planning -- Single-purpose planning -- Multi-purpose planning -- GIS-based planning -- So will planning die? -- CHAPTER 2 Landscape plans -- Lighthouse plans -- Ecology, economics and planning -- Landscape plans -- Natural process plans -- Landform plans -- Waterspace plans -- Habitat plans -- Air plans -- Social process plans -- Alexander plans -- Greenspace plans -- Recreation plans -- Special area plans -- Sustainability plans -- Visual plans -- Scenic plans -- Spatial plans -- Image maps -- Skyline plans -- Implementation -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 3 Context theories -- The problem -- Control by zoning -- Control by environmental assessment -- Design control -- Theories of context -- Genius loci -- The picturesque -- Modernism -- Design with nature -- Critical regionalism -- Linguistic aestheticism -- Deconstruction -- The pattern language -- The identity index -- GIS and context -- Conclusion -- Part 2 Environmental Impact Design -- CHAPTER 4 Public open space -- Public parks -- Commons -- Municipal parks -- Squares and plazas -- Public gardens -- Village greens -- National parks in towns -- National parks in the country -- Private pleasure grounds -- Festival parks -- Greenway function -- Greenway history and typology -- Ceremonial avenues -- Boulevards -- Parkways -- Park belts -- Park systems -- Green belt -- Green trails -- Environmental greenways -- Greenway character -- Open space management -- A green web -- CHAPTER 5 Reservoirs -- Introduction -- Reservoir history -- Gathering grounds -- Water recreation 1948-1981.

Water recreation since 1976 -- The "drawdown problem" -- Reservoir planning -- Planning principles -- Reservoir archetypes -- Wild reservoirs -- Agricultural reservoirs -- Urban reservoirs -- New-town reservoirs -- Reservoir parks -- Forestry reservoirs -- Recreation reservoirs -- Children's play reservoirs -- Wild life reservoirs -- Reservoir archaeology -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 6 Mineral working -- The past -- Future practice -- Mineral planning -- Zoning -- Concealment -- Conservation -- Innovation -- Coalition -- Mineral workings -- Short-life mines and quarries -- Medium-life mines and quarries -- Long-life mines and quarries -- The economics of after-use -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 7 Agriculture -- Public goods -- Strategic reserve -- Water conservation -- Habitat creation and conservation -- Historic conservation -- Scenic conservation and enhancement -- Conservation farming -- Recreation -- Fallowing -- Wild food -- Healthy food -- The geography of public goods -- Mapping -- Implementation -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 8 Forests -- Introduction -- Multiple-use forestry -- British forestry -- Criticism of plantation forestry -- Sympathetic design -- The new conifer landscape -- The broadleaf policy -- Forest parks -- Conservation and recreation -- Private forestry -- Silviculture -- Community forestry -- Forest landscape plans -- CHAPTER 9 Rivers and floods -- Flood prevention -- Forest clearance -- Agricultural drainage -- Urban drainage -- River works in Britain -- Present conditions -- River reclamation -- Multi-purpose planning -- Managed flooding -- Storm detention -- Rainwater infiltration -- Vegetated roofs -- Porous pavements -- Natural riverworks -- River control structures -- Coastal defence -- Conclusions -- CHAPTER 10 Transport -- Introduction -- Historic conservation -- Adaptation to context -- Multi-mode transport -- Bridleways.

Green residential roads -- Urban avenues -- Panoramic roads -- Leisure roads -- Off-roads -- Speed roads -- Park roads -- Railways -- Cycleways -- Skateways -- Canals -- Footways -- Pedestrianization schemes -- Traffic calming -- Streets -- Transport planning -- CHAPTER 11 Urbanization -- Site selection -- Site acquisition -- Site appraisal -- Topographic plan -- Urban morphology and climate -- Parks -- Earthmoving -- Streams -- Lakes -- Tree planting -- Communications -- Land -- Housing -- Commerce -- Industry -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Environmental impact questions -- PART 1: General questions -- PART 2: Sectoral questions -- References -- Index.