Main entry:

McHarg, Ian L., 1920-2001, author.

Title & Author:

To heal the earth : selected writings of Ian L. McHarg / edited by Ian L. McHarg and Frederick R. Steiner ; foreword by Robert D. Yaro.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Island Press,
©1998.

Description:

xiv, 380 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Robert D. Yaro -- Introduction / Frederick R. Steiner -- pt. I. Changing the Nature of Design and Planning: Theoretical Writings. Ch. 1. Man and Environment. Ch. 2. The Place of Nature in the City of Man. Ch. 3. Ecological Determinism. Ch. 4. Values, Process and Form. Ch. 5. Natural Factors in Planning -- pt. II. Planning the Ecological Region. Ch. 6. Regional Landscape Planning. Ch. 7. Open Space from Natural Processes. Ch. 8. Must We Sacrifice the West? Ch. 9. Ecological Planning: The Planner as Catalyst. Ch. 10. Human Ecological Planning at Pennsylvania -- pt. III. Form and Function Are Indivisible. Ch. 11. The Court House Concept. Ch. 12. Architecture in an Ecological View of the World.
Also issued online.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"A valuable cache of McHarg's writings produced between the 1950s and the 1990s, providing a larger framework and a new perspective on the growth and development of his key ideas promoting the design of human settlements should be based on ecological principles."--NHBS Environment Bookstore.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

1559635738 (recycled, acid-free paper)
9781559635738 (recycled, acid-free paper)

Subject:

McHaig, Ian L.
Landscape ecology.
Land use Planning Environmental aspects.
Ecological landscape design.
Écologie du paysage.
Utilisation du sol Planification Aspect de l'environnement.
Aménagement paysager écologique.
Landscape architecture Environmental aspects.

Added entries:

Steiner, Frederick R.
Yaro, Robert D.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 202033
Call No.: NA44.M149.A35 1998
Status: Available