Planetary systems and dynamics:
Capra, Fritjof.
The Hidden Connections: A Science Of Sustainable Living. New
York, NY: Random House Inc., 2004.
Capra, Fritjof.
The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living
Systems.
New York, NY: Anchor Books, 1996.
Lovelock, James. Gaia,
A New Look At Life On Earth. Oxford, NY: Oxford University
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Wilson, Edward O.
The Diversity Of Life. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard
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Wright, Richard T.; Bernard J. Nebel.
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future, 8th Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002.
Ethical issues and theories:
Hough, Michael. Out of Place-Restoring Identity to the Regional Landscape. New
Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1990.
Kellert, Stephen R.; Edward O. Wilson. The Biophilia Hypothesis. Washington,
DC: Island Press, 1993.
Merchant, Carolyn. The Death Of Nature: women, ecology, and the scientific
revolution.
San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, 1980.
Nash, Roderick. The Rights of Nature: A History Of Environmental Ethics. Madison,
WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989.
Patterns and scale in nature:
Bailey, Robert G. Ecoregion-Based Design For Sustainability. New York, NY: Springer,
2002.
Odum, Eugene Pleasants. Ecology: A Bridge Between Science And Society. Sunderland,
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Natural history:
Bakker, Elna S. An Island Called California: an ecological introduction to
its
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Barbour, Michael. California’s Changing Landscapes: diversity and conservation
of California vegetation. Sacramento, Calif.: California Native Plant Society,
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Marx, Steve, ed. Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide. Santa Maria, CA: Accurate Color
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Techniques:
LaGro, James A. Jr. Site Analysis Linking Program and Concept in Land Planning
and Design. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
Landphair, Harlow C., John L. Motloch. Site reconnaissance and engineering:
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introduction for architects, landscape architects, and planners. New York:
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Lynch, Kevin. Site Planning. Cambridge, MA: M.I.T. Press, 1971.
Marsh, William M. Landscape Planning- Environmental Applications, 2nd
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Thompson, George F., ed.; Frederick R. Steiner, ed. Ecological Design
and Planning. New York: John Wiley & Sons, January 1997.
Prerequisites:
none listed.