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Evaluation of vegetation in environmental planning

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McBride et al. as discussed by the authors proposed a check list of nineteen vegetation parameters as a basis for making a complete analysis of vegetation, grouped into five classes: amenity, human safety, ecological, economic, and scientific.
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This article is published in Landscape Planning.The article was published on 1977-01-01. It has received 11 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Vegetation (pathology) & Impact assessment.

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Land Use Planning and Wildlife Maintenance: Guidelines for Conserving Wildlife in an Urban Landscape

TL;DR: In this article, a case study of 37 isolated chaparral fragments in San Diego, California, demonstrates the consequences of habitat fragmentation, including rapid and predictable extinctions of native birds in isolated canyons.
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Residential landscaping in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.: Practices and preferences relative to covenants, codes, and restrictions

TL;DR: In the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area, community associations with legally binding covenants, codes, and restrictions (CC&Rs) impose limitations on landscaping activities in many new neighborhood residential communities as mentioned in this paper.
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Land Use Planning and Wildlife Maintenance

TL;DR: In this article, a case study of 37 isolated chaparral fragments in San Diego, California, demonstrates the consequences of habitat fragmentation, including rapid and predictable extinctions of native birds in isolated canyons.

Attitudes towards vegetation in a desert urban forest: creating a sense of place

TL;DR: McPherson and Haip as mentioned in this paper report on interviews with long-term Tucson residents and a survey of students who are relatively new to Tucson, and draw upon an additional survey of University of Arizona students and in-depth inter-views with longterm Tucson resident to in- vestigate relationship of vegetation to place identi- ty in Tucson, residents' and students' preferences for native or exotic species of vegetation, locations within the city that are deem- ed important as places for vegetation, and the reasons these locations are seen as important.
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Design with nature

Ian L. McHarg
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the role of values in the survival of the world and the importance of values as a response to values in a world where values are a capsule process process.
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The Climate Near the Ground

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Economics of outdoor recreation

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide the means for evaluating recreational resources in economic terms, and present a method to evaluate recreational resources based on the economic model of the economic system of the day.
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The practice of silviculture

TL;DR: Silviculture and its place in Forestry TENDING and INTERMEDIATE CUTTING: Thinnings and their effects on growth and yield The Individual Tree and its Treatment PRUNING: Methods and Application of Thinning Release Operations and Herbicides Improvement and Salvage Cutting Control of Operations REGENERATION: Regeneration Preparation and Treatment of Site Choice of Species and Genetic Improvement Production of Planting Stock Planting SILVICULTURAL systems: Development of Silviculture Systems and Methods of Reproduction Clearcutting Methods Shelterwood and Seed-Tree Methods Selection Systems and
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