Landscape architecture in India a reader

By:

Shaheer, Mohammad & Others Eds

Publication details: LA, Journal of Landscape Architecture New Delhi 2013Description: viii,267pISBN:

9788192625409

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

712.0954 SHA

Contents:

CONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction Natural Processes Geology and Geomorphology 4 Climate 16 Soils 24 Hydrology 38 Vegetation 46 Ecology 54 Animals 62 Culture Historical and Cultural Context of India 68 Indian Landscape Design 76 The World 76 Selected Historic Indian Sites 90 Culture, Landscape and Gardens 100 Landscapes of the Mind: The Psychology of Spaces 108 Landscape and Humans 112 Landscape Architecture Soil and Water Conservation 118 The Design Brief 126 Site Analysis and Site Planning 132 Plants in Design 146 The Place of Plants 156 Landscape Construction 162 India: Regions Physiographic Regions of India 174 Western Himalayas 176 Eastern Himalayas 179 Indo-Gangetic Plains 182 Arid Regions 185 Highlands 188 Western Coast 192 Western Ghats 195 Eastern Coast 198 Eastern Ghats 201 Islands 204 Five Landscapes: The Tinai of the Kuruntogai 208 Nature-Culture Continuum: The case of Kerala 216 Gallery A Professional Perspective 222 Works 224 Profiles 254 Reading List 256 Websites 259 Listing of UNESCO Protected Natural Sites, National Parks and designated Ramsar Sites in physiographic regions of India 260 List of Non Government Organizations [NGOs] working in the fields of ecology and environment 263 Index 264

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	CEPT Library	Faculty of Architecture	712.0954 SHA	Checked out to Malay Mishra (0010448358)	17/10/2024	016046

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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Natural Processes
Geology and Geomorphology 4
Climate 16
Soils 24
Hydrology 38
Vegetation 46
Ecology 54
Animals 62
Culture
Historical and Cultural Context of India 68
Indian Landscape Design 76
The World 76
Selected Historic Indian Sites 90
Culture, Landscape and Gardens 100
Landscapes of the Mind: The Psychology of Spaces 108
Landscape and Humans 112
Landscape Architecture
Soil and Water Conservation 118
The Design Brief 126
Site Analysis and Site Planning 132
Plants in Design 146
The Place of Plants 156
Landscape Construction 162
India: Regions
Physiographic Regions of India 174
Western
Himalayas 176
Eastern Himalayas 179
Indo-Gangetic Plains 182
Arid Regions 185
Highlands 188
Western Coast 192
Western Ghats 195
Eastern Coast 198
Eastern Ghats 201
Islands 204
Five Landscapes: The Tinai of the Kuruntogai 208
Nature-Culture Continuum: The case of Kerala 216
Gallery
A Professional Perspective 222
Works 224
Profiles 254
Reading List 256
Websites 259
Listing of UNESCO Protected Natural Sites, National Parks and
designated Ramsar Sites in physiographic regions of India 260
List of Non Government Organizations [NGOs] working
in the fields of ecology and environment 263
Index 264

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