How To Read The Landscape

Author : Patrick Whitefield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781856231855
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Read the Landscape written by Patrick Whitefield and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrick Whitefield has spent a lifetime living and working in the countryside and 20 years of that taking notes of what he sees, everywhere from the Isle of Wight to the Scottish Highlands. This book explains everything from the details, such as the signs which wild animals leave as their signatures and the meaning behind the shapes of different trees, to how whole landscapes, including woodland, grassland and moorland, fit together and function as a whole. Rivers and lakes, roads and paths, hedgerows and field walls are also explained, as are the influence of different rocks, the soil and the ever-changing climate.

Author : Robert Yarham
Publisher : Herbert Press
ISBN 13 : 9781912217274
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Read the Landscape written by Robert Yarham and published by Herbert Press. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in the environment has never been greater and yet most of ushave little knowledge about the 4 billion years of history that formedit. This book explains the principles of geology, geography andgeomorphology, and shows how a basic understanding of geologicaltimescales, plate tectonics and landforms can help you 'read' the greatoutdoors. This is a highly illustrated book with a very accessible textthat clearly illuminates the landscape around us.

Author : Patrick Whitefield
Publisher : Permanent Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781856230438
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Living Landscape written by Patrick Whitefield and published by Permanent Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Being able to 'read' the landscape whilst on a walk makes a huge difference. It is like suddenly seeing the world in colour after being used to a lifetime of black and white. The Living Landscape looks in detail at landscape formation: from rocks, through soil to vegetation and the intricate web of interactions between plants, animals, climate and the people that makes the landscape around us. Each chapter is interspersed with diagrams, sketches and notes that Patrick has taken over two decades of living and working in the countryside. Patrick will inspire you to reconnect with the land as a living entity, not a collection of different scenery, and develop an active relationship with nature and the countryside. This book invites you to actively engage with nature and experience it first hand. Understanding how landscapes evolve is a useful skill for landscape designers, farmers, gardeners and smallholders but it is also a life-enhancing skill all of us can enjoy. Patrick offers us the enduring pleasure that costs nothing and yet offers everything." -- Publisher's description

Author : Peter Watson
Publisher : GMC PUBLICATIONS LTD
ISBN 13 : 1861089937
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading the Landscape written by Peter Watson and published by GMC PUBLICATIONS LTD. This book was released on 2014-03-17 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is not only what we see but how we see that makes a difference... In his sequel to Capturing the Light, Peter Watson revisits the often delicate process of interpreting and capturing landscapes in photography. His, almost scientific, approach challenges us to see like an artist and seize creative opportunities, whilst comprehensive tools and techniques coverage allow us to put his theories into practice, with impressive results.

Author : May Theilgaard Watts
Publisher : Nature Study Guild Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780912550237
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading the Landscape of America written by May Theilgaard Watts and published by Nature Study Guild Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this natural history classic, the author takes the reader on field trips to landscapes across America, both domesticated and wild. She shows how to read the stories written in the land, interpreting the clues laid down by history, culture, and natural forces. A renowned teacher, writer and conservationist in her native Midwest, Watts studied with Henry Cowles, the pioneering American ecologist. She was the first to explain his theories of plant succesion to the general public. Her graceful, witty essays, with charming illustrations by the author, are still relevant and engaging today, as she invites us to see the world around us with fresh eyes.

Author : Tom Wessels
Publisher : Nature
ISBN 13 : 9780881504200
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading the Forested Landscape written by Tom Wessels and published by Nature. This book was released on 1999 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the forest in New England from the Ice Age to current challenges

Author : John R. Stilgoe
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262029898
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Is Landscape? written by John R. Stilgoe and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2015-10-09 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lexicon and guide for discovering the essence of landscape.

Author : May Theilgaard Watts
Publisher : Nature Study Guild Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780912550305
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading the Landscape of Europe written by May Theilgaard Watts and published by Nature Study Guild Publishers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come along on a field trip with the esteemed American naturalist May Theilgaard Watts to see how nature, history and culture have written their stories on the landscapes of Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Norway and Britain. She makes a lively guide, knowledgeable, literary, witty and opinionated, drawing on botany, ecology, and geography, as well as literature and folklore, to explain how a place came to look and feel the way it does.In this sequel to her popular book Reading the Landscape of America, Watts explored the hills of Italy, the grouse heath of Britain, the Black Forest of Germany, the limestone plateaus of France, and much more, explaining the forces that shaped these landscapes and continue to change them. Illustrated with dozens of pen and ink by the author. Includes a key to identifying the trees of Europe.

Author : Peter Valenti
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
ISBN 13 : 9780155014329
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading the Landscape written by Peter Valenti and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P. This book was released on 1996 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reader/rhetoric is appropriate for composition courses or single-topic courses relating to the environment or ecology. It provides a solid introduction to the writing process, while moving the student from a me-oriented personal view into a larger world of family and community through readings and exercises.

Author : John Brinckerhoff Jackson
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300035810
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discovering the Vernacular Landscape written by John Brinckerhoff Jackson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneer in landscape studies takes us on a tour of landscapes past and present to show how our surroundings reflect our culture. "No one who cares deeply about landscape issues can overlook the scores of brilliant insights and challenges to the mind, eye and conscience contained in Discovering the Vernacular Landscape. It is a book to be deeply cherished and to be read and pondered many times."--Wilbur Zelinsky, Landscape "While it is fashionable to speak of man as alienated from his environment, Mr. Jackson shows us all the ties that bind us to it, consciously or unconsciously. He teaches us to speak intelligently--rather than polemically or wistfully--of the sense of place."--Anatole Broyard, New York Times "This book is a vital and seminal text: do beg, borrow or buy it."--Robert Holden, Landscape Design (London) "Incisive and overpoweringly influential. It will probably tell you something about how you live that you've never thought about."--Thomas Hine, The Philadelphia Inquirer "No one can come close to Jackson in his unique combination of historical scholarship and field experience, in his deep knowledge of European high culture as well as of American trailer parks, in his archivist's nose for the unusual fact and his philosopher's mind for the trenchant, surprising question."--Yi-Fu Tuan