STANDARD REFERENCE HANDBOOK

"U.S. Landscape Ordinances, An Annotated Reference Handbook" was recently published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. publishers of New Your. The book presents interesting data on landscape ordinances from across he United States. Over 350 ordinances are reviewed on the book.

This is what the publisher had to say about the book:

"In U.S. Landscape Ordinances, Buck Abbey furnishes landscape architects, planners, land-use attorneys, and students with a much-needed resource. This state-by-state presentation demystifies the complex planning laws and ordinances that determine landscape design parameters for more than 300 American cities. The author highlights sections of each ordinance that pertain to landscape architecture, boils the legalese down to plain English, explains the law's main purpose and regulatory function, and spells out the practical implications from a design perspective. With the help of more than fifty diagrams and drawings that clarify complex spatial concepts, U.S. Landscape Ordinances reviews the entire spectrum of green laws currently on the books, including ordinances that cover parking lots and vehicular use areas, landscape buffers and screens, street tree plantings, open space design, irrigation, land clearing and building sites, wetlands protection and shoreline development, erosion and drainage mitigation, site design standards, tree preservation, and tree protection. U.S. Landscape Ordinances is a unique and invaluable tool for professionals in landscape design and municipal planning. It also offers a deep reservoir of information for students, municipal legislators, community activists, and anyone interested in understanding or developing a community's landscape ordinances.

This comprehensive reference brings together and explains the planning ordinances which govern the landscapes of 300 U.S. cities. In it, the author demystifies the complex planning laws that regulate such areas as the design of parking lots, vehicular use areas, landscape buffers, and tree plantings."

The book can be ordered by writing John Wiley & Sons, Imc. at 605 Third avenue, New York, New York 10158-0012. It can also be ordered on line at journals.wiley.com/ or www.amazon.com or www.barnsandnoble.com .