Granite garden: urban nature and human design /
by Anne whiston Spirn
- New York: Basic Books, 1984.
- xiv, 334 p.
1.The Granite Garden City and Nature-- 2.City and Nature Air -- 3. Dirt and Discomfort -- 4. Improving Air Quality, Enhancing Comfort, and Conserving Energy Earth -- 5.Shifting Ground and Squandered Resources -- 6.Finding Firm Ground and Exploiting Resources Water -- 7. Floods, Droughts, and Poisoned Water -- 8. Controlling and Restoring the Waters Life -- 9.Urban Plants: Struggle for Survival -- 9. Nurturing the Urban Biome -- 10. Pets and Pests -- 11. Designing Wildlife Habitats The Urban Ecosystem -- 12. The City as an Infernal Machine -- 13.Designing the Urban Ecosystem -- 14. Epilogue: Visions of the Future