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MCHARG AND HIS ECOLOGICAL PLANNING METHOD


Kuang Ping

DOI:10.11835/j.issn.1674-4764.1991.04.008

Received ,Revised , Accepted , Available online July 01, 2015

Volume ,1991,Pages -

  • Abstract
McHarg,a noted American landscape architect,hasbecome well known around the world as one of first group of ecologicalplanners since 1960s;As a pioneer of applying subjectively ecologicalprinciples to urban and regional landscape planning,he created a scienti-fical ecological planning method which has a far-reaching affect to mo-dern planning and design science in the world.This paper introducesMcHarg's philosophic idea and his ecological planning method,clarifiesthe perspective of applying the method to landscape planning and designin China.