Main entry:

Hamed, Safei.

Title & Author:

Landscape planning for the arid Middle East : an approach to setting environmental objectives / Safei-Eldin A. Hamed.

Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2002.

Description:

vi, 241 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Mellen studies in architecture ; v. 7

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and indexes.
1.4 Towards a Landscape Planning Theory 7 -- 1.5 The Arid Middle East Setting 8 -- Chapter 2 The Nature of Landscape Planning Objectives 29 -- 2.1 The Essence of Objectives 30 -- 2.2 The Positive Roles of Objectives 33 -- 2.3 Contributors to Objectives Research 35 -- 2.4 Arguments Against Setting and Adopting Objectives 38 -- Chapter 3 The Process of Setting Objectives 51 -- 3.1 Exploring the Landscape Planning Processes 52 -- 3.2 Evaluating Approaches to Setting Objectives 59 -- 3.3 Achieving a Proper Environment for Objectives 64 -- 3.4 Existing Approaches to Determining Objectives 71 -- 3.5 The Search for the Premises of LAPOS 75 -- Chapter 4 From Problems to Objectives: Challenges of Developing the Arid Middle East 81 -- 4.1 Problems of Pastoralism 82 -- 4.2 Problems of Irrigated Agriculture 86 -- 4.3 Problems of Rain-fed Agriculture 90 -- 4.4 Problems of Urban Development 92 -- 4.5 Problems of Industrial Development 98 -- 4.6 Problems of Recreation and Tourism Development 102 -- Chapter 5 Key Development Projects in the Arid Middle East: Examples of the Inductive Approach 109 -- 5.2 The Saudi Arabian Scene 110 -- 5.3 Environmental Conservation in Bahrain 134 -- 5.4 The Egyptian Scene 141 -- Chapter 6 Conceiving, Designing, and Managing a Landscape Planning Objectives System 153 -- 6.2 A Conceptual Framework of the Landscape Planning Objectives System 154 -- 6.3 Designing the System 159 -- 6.4 The Nature of the Process 161 -- 6.5 Determining Landscape Planning Objectives 161 -- 6.6 Organizing Landscape Planning Objectives 170 -- 6.7 Assessing Landscape Planning Objectives 189 -- 6.8 Managing Landscape Planning Objectives 210 -- 7.1 The Field of Landscape Planning 217 -- 7.2 The Arid Regions of the Middle East 219 -- 7.3 Research into Objectives 222 -- 7.4 Some Ideas for the Future 224 -- 7.5 Limitations of LAPOS 225.

ISBN:

0773473157
9780773473157
077347952X (SERIES)
9780773479524 (SERIES)

Subject:

Ecological landscape design Middle East.
Ecological landscape design.
Ecological landscaped design.
Landscape architecture Middle East.
Arid regions Planning.
Arid regions Middle East Planning.
Middle East.
Ecology Middle East.
Landscape (environment) design (discipline) Middle East 1990-2000.
Environmental design Middle East 1990-2000.

Form/genre:

Writings.

Added entries:

Mellen studies in architecture ; v. 7.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 221793
Call No.: NA44.H212.A35 2002
Status: Available