An Annotated Reference for RLAs

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Landscape ordinances are among the nation's newest planning tools. They do not have a long history, having been developed only in recent decades. Communities no longer allow developers to build construction projects without considering nature; many communities have landscape ordinances that are used to regulate and control growth and are seen as major growth management tools. the city.

In U.S. Landscape Ordinances: An Annotated Reference Handbook, Buck Abbey, ASLA furnishes Landscape Architects, planners, land-use attorneys and students with state-by-state listings and explanations of municipal landscape ordinances. The reference's presentation demystifies the complex planning laws and ordinances that determine landscape design parameters for more than 300 American cities. Abbey, an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture highlights sections of each ordinance that pertain to Landscape Architecture, boils the "legalese" down to plain English, explains the law's main purpose and regulatory function, and spells out the practical implications from a design perspective.

With the help of more than fifty diagrams and drawings that clarify complex spatial concepts, U.S. Landscape Ordinances reviews the entire spectrum of green laws currently on the books, including ordinances that cover parking lots and vehicular use areas; landscape buffers and screens; street tree plantings; open space design; irrigation; tree preservation; and site design standards.

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