LARC 160 Study Guide - Final Guide: Complete Streets, Xeriscaping, Controlled-Access Highway
27 Jan 2016
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Understand what behavior mapping is. what is it. Looking how people use an area, move , and congregate. Understand the principles developed, based on behavior mapping, to guide design of urban public space. Good urban area is made up of food, water, triangulation(relationship between person, object, and space), sunlight, vegetation. Which landforms???? basic ones like valleys and hills. The general appearance of the plant, including size, shape, growth, form and orientation. Habitat - the local living environment of an organism. Know the difference between an evergreen and a deciduous plant. Evergreen= leaves don"t fall off --- not all evergreens have needles. Know what landscape architectures refer to bby the term canopy tree. Tree that grew up in a shaded/forested region. Plants can make an area aesthetically pleasing to view. Also, they can contribute to lower air conditioning and heating costs if they are implemented properly. they also can be used to focus our view on something.
