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McHarg, Ian L., 1920-2001, 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.

Washington, D.C. : Island Press

©1998.

xiv, 380 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

"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.

Landscape ecology.

Land use -- Planning -- Environmental aspects.

Ecological landscape design.

Steiner, Frederick R.

Works. Selections. 1998

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also issued online.

Foreword / Robert D. Yaro -- Introduction / Frederick R. Steiner -- Changing the Nature of Design and Planning: Theoretical Writings. Man and Environment. The Place of Nature in the City of Man. Ecological Determinism. Values, Process and Form. Natural Factors in Planning -- Planning the Ecological Region. Regional Landscape Planning. Open Space from Natural Processes. Must We Sacrifice the West? Ecological Planning: The Planner as Catalyst. Human Ecological Planning at Pennsylvania -- Form and Function Are Indivisible. The Court House Concept. Architecture in an Ecological View of the World.

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