ABSTRACT

Designing Sustainable Forest Landscapes is a definitive guide to the design and management of forest landscapes, covering the theory and principles of forest design as well as providing practical guidance on methods and tools. Including a variety of international case studies the book focuses on ecosystem regeneration, the management of natural forests and the management of plantation forests. Using visualisation techniques, design processes and evaluation techniques it looks at promoting landscapes which are designed to optimise the balance between human intervention and natural evolution.

A comprehensive, practical and accessible book, Designing Sustainable Forest Landscapes is essential reading for all those involved in forestry and landscape professions.

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I: Key concepts for forest design

chapter 1|17 pages

Planning and forest design

chapter 3|29 pages

Key principles of forest aesthetics

chapter 4|24 pages

Community participation in forest design

part |2 pages

Part II: The process, techniques and implementation of forest design

chapter 5|34 pages

The process of forest design

chapter 6|14 pages

Design and visualisation techniques

chapter 7|30 pages

From design to implementation

part |2 pages

Part III: Forest design application

chapter 8|38 pages

Forest design and ecosystem restoration

chapter 9|63 pages

Design in managed natural forests

chapter 10|40 pages

The design of plantation forests