Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on July 22, 2009) Includes bibliographical references.

The mission of this creative project was to naturalize a school site for the purposes of environmental education. The naturalization process can either take the form of landscape/ecosystem restoration or natural landscaping. Utilizing the Ladysmith Elementary School as a case study, this creative project dealt with both forms of the naturalization process. The entire school site was natural landscaped and a portion of the school grounds was devoted to the restoration of a forest and wetland ecosystem. This area where ecosystems are to be recreated will serve as an environmental learning laboratory for the school.The topics reviewed for this project ecology, naturalization, landscape restoration, environmental education, outdoor education, and ecosystems. The product of this creative project was a master plan which included site inventory and analysis. / Department of Landscape Architecture

He Jie. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-131). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgements --- p.iii / Contents --- p.v / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Research Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background 1: Natural character of traditional China urban planning and its modern challenge --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- "Background 2: Urban Natural Landscape Planning Approaches in China: Theory, Research and Practices" --- p.10 / Chapter 1.3 --- Visual Sustainability Research Definition in the Proposed Visual Landscape Analysis System --- p.17 / Chapter 1.4 --- Proposed Research Scope of the Thesis --- p.20 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review of Landscape Evaluation and VIA Technologies --- p.22 / Chapter 2.1 --- Landscape Evaluation --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2 --- Visual Impact Assessment Technologies --- p.28 / Chapter 2.3 --- "CAD and GIS Approaches in Landscape Architecture, its Visualization Technologies and Visual Analysis" --- p.33 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Research Methodology --- p.38 / Chapter 3.1 --- System Framework --- p.38 / Chapter 3.2 --- Theoretical Supporting --- p.43 / Chapter 3.3 --- Technology Supporting --- p.47 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Case Study --- p.52 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.52 / Chapter 4.2 --- Primal Data Processing and Modeling --- p.57 / Chapter 4.3 --- Road Visual Perception Quality Evaluation of Qiwandao and Bo'ailu --- p.61 / Chapter 4.4 --- Visual Perception Assessment of Jinzishan Skyline --- p.95 / Chapter 4.5 --- Planner's Review and Physical Project Application --- p.110 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.112 / Chapter 5.1 --- Accomplishment of the research --- p.112 / Chapter 5.2 --- "Shortcomings, problems and further opportunities" --- p.115 / Appendices --- p.120 / Appendix I. Comparative Table of Eight Sceneries of Yangcheng of Past Dynasties --- p.120 / Appendix II. Raw Data Resources of the Jinzishan Case Study --- p.122 / Appendix III. List of AutoCAD Blueprint Layer System of Jinzishan Case Study --- p.123 / Bibliography --- p.125