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SES # TOPICS Readings
1 Introduction: Course and Project Amazon 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.
2-3 Site and Landscape Planning Processes Amazon 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.
4-5 Site Inventory and Evaluation: The Site Analysis Process, Site Inventory, Maps, Aerial Photos, Topography Amazon 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.
6-7 Earthworks, Soils: Grading and Drainage, Soils, Infrastructure Amazon 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.
8-9 Earthworks and Utilities: Grading, Utilities Amazon 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.
10-11 Storm Water - Best Management Practices: Paradigms, BMP, Low Impact Development, Watersheds Amazon 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.
12-13 Sites Around Wetlands and Water Features: Wetland Mitigation Amazon 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.
14-15 Micro Climate and Vegetation Amazon 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.
16-17 Subdivisions and Land Planning: Neighborhoods Organization and Type, Streets and Lots, Building Arrangements Amazon 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.
18 Circulation Systems: Vehicular, Pedestrian, Streets, Parking
19-20 Project Work Week
21-22 Project Work Week (cont.)
23-24 Project Work Week (cont.)
25-26 Project, Wrap-up, Debriefing