Horticulture: Plants for People and Places, Volume 2 Environmental Horticulture /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Dixon, Geoffrey R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Aldous, David E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Business.; Management science.; Food > Biotechnology.; Agriculture.; Environment.; Social sciences.; Life Sciences.; Food Science.; Environment, general.; Business and Management, general.; Social Sciences, general.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.