Environmental restoration and design for recreation and ecotourism

• Main Author: France, R. L.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2012.
• Series: Integrative studies in water management and land development
• Subjects: Restoration ecology > Case studies.; Landscape design > Case studies.; Ecotourism > Case studies.; Outdoor recreation > Environmental aspects > Case studies.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781439870617
• Physical Description: xxiv, 242 p. : ill., maps.

"A wetland center in London, parks in downtown San Francisco, a wildlife sanctuary in Arcata, and a wetlands park on the outskirts of Las Vegas--what do these urban and suburban locations have in common? They are leading examples of a new restoration design approach that is squarely placed at t...

Table of Contents:

• section 1. Brown fields and gray waters : creating public greenspace from regenerated marginal landscapes
• section 2. Recovery processes and design practices for regenerating derelict landscapes for recreation and ecotourism.