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The Granite Garden

Urban Nature And Human Design

Contributors

By Anne W. Spirn

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Sep 10, 1985
Page Count
352 pages
Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-13
9780465027064

Price

$31.99

Price

$40.99 CAD

Format

Trade Paperback

Format:

Trade Paperback $31.99 $40.99 CAD

This award-winning book by a Harvard landscape architect proves how important it is to understand the natural settings of cities—their air, water, geology, plant, and animal life—to create better, more habitable urban environments.


Anne W. Spirn

About the Author

Anne Whiston Spirn is professor and chairman, Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania.

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