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  title info:
    title: Horticulture: Plants for People and Places, Volume 2
    sub title: Environmental Horticulture
  name:
    name part: Dixon, Geoffrey R.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Aldous, David E.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXI, 347 p. 65 illus., 43 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: Volume two of Horticulture – Plants for People and Places provides detailed considerations of the scientific, managerial and technological concepts which underpin Environmental Horticulture. This discipline returns horticulture to its original values required for the design, husbandry and management of macro- and micro-landscapes and their constituent parts. Expert internationally acclaimed authors describe:- Horticulture and the Environment, Woody Ornamentals, Herbs and Pharmaceuticals, Urban Greening, Rural Trees, Urban Trees, Turfgrass Science, Interior and External Landscaping, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Organic Production. These subjects are united by considerations of the needs for the sustainable use of resources and careful conservation applied wherever Horticulture, natural flora and fauna, and the environment coincide. Horticulture plays a vital role in providing environmental care and supporting natural and man-made rural, urban and peri-urban landscapes. Indeed this discipline founded the basis for ecological studies, environmental science and the analysis and an increased understanding of eco-system services. This is illustrated by the current initiatives such as the development of green eco-towns and garden cities which require fundamental understandings of the controlled manipulation of plants based on the principles and practices of horticultural science for their success. Such concepts are rooted in Horticulture as illustrated by the use of plants throughout the histories of successive civilisations. These values have been vigorously applied for rejuvenating cities and communities which have been afflicted by declining economies, degraded environments, poor employment opportunities, and returning poverty. The presence of healthy plant communities provides significant economic gains in the form of environmental benefits, increased tourism, business and employment opportunities. Considerable cost-benefits are added, such as climatic amelioration…
  table of contents: 16. Horticulture and the Environment -- 17. Woody Ornamentals -- 18. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants – Uses and functions -- 19. Urban Greening - Macro-scale landscaping -- 20. Urban Trees -- 21. Trees in the Rural Landscape -- 22. Management of Sports Turf and Amenity Grasslands -- 23. Interior Landscapes -- 24. Biodiversity and Green Open Space -- 25. An Assessment of the Effects of Climate Change on Horticulture -- 26. Concepts and Philosophy underpinning Organic Horticulture -- Index.
  note: edited by Geoffrey R. Dixon, David E. Aldous.
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Business
  subject:
    topic: Management science
  subject:
    topic: Food
    topic: Biotechnology
  subject:
    topic: Agriculture
  subject:
    topic: Environment
  subject:
    topic: Social sciences
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Agriculture
  subject:
    topic: Food Science
  subject:
    topic: Environment, general
  subject:
    topic: Business and Management, general
  subject:
    topic: Social Sciences, general
  classification: S1-S972
  classification: 630
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      title: Springer eBooks
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