The Granite Garden
Urban Nature And Human Design
By Anne W. Spirn
(Basic Books, Paperback, 9780465027064, 352pp.)
Publication Date: August 1985
Categories: Landscape
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Description
This award-winning book by a Harvard landscape architect proves how important it is to understand the natural settings of cities—their air, water, geology, plant, and animal life—to create better, more habitable urban environments.
About the Author
Anne Whiston Spirn is professor and chairman, Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania.
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