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1Introduction: Course and ProjectAmazon logo Lynch, Kevin, and Gary Hack. "The Art of Site Planning." In Site Planning. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984. ISBN: 0262121069.

Amazon logo Randolph, John. "Environmental Land Use Management." In Environmental Land Use Planning and Management. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2004. ISBN: 1559639482.
2-3Site and Landscape Planning ProcessesAmazon logo Lynch, Kevin, and Gary Hack. "Site Planning Process." In Site Planning. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984. ISBN: 0262121069.

Amazon logo Steiner, Frederick R. "Ecological Planning Process." In The Living Landscape: an Ecological Approach to Landscape Planning. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1991. ISBN: 070611335.

Amazon logo Randolph, John. "Land Use Planning for Environmental Management." In Environmental Land Use Planning and Management. Washington DC: Island Press, 2004. ISBN: 1559639482.
4-5Site Inventory and Evaluation: The Site Analysis Process, Site Inventory, Maps, Aerial Photos, TopographyAmazon logo LaGro, James A. "Land Analysis, Site Planning Process," and "Site Analysis: Integration and Synthesis." Chapter 8 in Site Analysis: Linking Program and Concept in Land Planning and Design. New York, NY: John Wiley, 2001. ISBN: 0471344125.

Amazon logo Lynch, Kevin, and Gary Hack. "Site and Impact Checklist." In Site Planning. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984. ISBN: 0262121069.

Amazon logo Marsh, William. "Topography, Slope and Land Use Planning." In Landscape Planning: Environmental Applications. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1998. ISBN: 0471242071.
6-7Earthworks, Soils: Grading and Drainage, Soils, InfrastructureAmazon logo Landphair, Harlow C., and Fred Klatt. "Grading, Contours and Form." In Landscape Architecture Construction. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall PTR, 1999. ISBN: 0132549476.

Amazon logo Randolph, John. "Interpolation of Slope," "Grading Constraints," "Computing Cut and Fill," and "Soil, Topography and Land Use." In Environmental Land use Planning and Management. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2004. ISBN: 1559639482.
8-9Earthworks and Utilities: Grading, UtilitiesAmazon logo Campbell, Craig. "Storm Water Renovation With Constructed Wetlands." Chapter 5 in Constructed Wetlands in the Sustainable Landscape. New York, NY: John Wiley, 1999. ISBN: 0471107204.
10-11Storm Water - Best Management Practices: Paradigms, BMP, Low Impact Development, WatershedsAmazon logo Dramstad, Wenche, James Olson, and Richard T. Forman. "Ecology Principles in Land Planning." In Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land Use Planning. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996. ISBN: 1559635142.

Amazon logo Randolph, John. "Low-Impact Development," "It Won't Wash," "Small Drainage Basins," and "Ecosystems and Watershed Management." In Environmental Land Use Planning and Management. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2004. ISBN: 1559639482.
12-13Sites Around Wetlands and Water Features: Wetland MitigationAmazon logo Marsh, William. "Microclimate - Sun Angle." In Landscape Planning: Environmental Applications. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1998. ISBN: 0471242071.

Amazon logo ———. "Vegetation." In Landscape Planning: Environmental Applications. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1998. ISBN: 0471242071.
14-15Micro Climate and VegetationAmazon logo Gallion, Arthur B. "Elements of Land Use." In The Urban Pattern: City Planning and Design. New York, NY: Van Nostrand, 1980. ISBN: 0442227310.

Amazon logo ———. "Subdivision Practices." In The Urban Pattern: City Planning and Design. New York, NY: Van Nostrand, 1980. ISBN: 0442227310.

Amazon logo Chiara, Joseph De, Julius Panero, and Martin Zelnik, eds. "Neighborhood Organizations." In Time-Saver Standards for Housing And Residential Development. 2nd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1995. ISBN: 0070163014.
16-17Subdivisions and Land Planning: Neighborhoods Organization and Type, Streets and Lots, Building ArrangementsAmazon logo Lynch, Kevin, and Gary Hack. "Access." In Site Planning. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984. ISBN: 0262121069.

Amazon logo Francis, Mark, and Randolph T. Hester, eds. "Vehicular Dimensions." In The Meaning of Gardens. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992. ISBN: 0262560615.
18Circulation Systems: Vehicular, Pedestrian, Streets, Parking
19-20Project Work Week
21-22Project Work Week (cont.)
23-24Project Work Week (cont.)
25-26Project, Wrap-up, Debriefing

 








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