Environmental Horticulture - Ross Cameron

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Résumé :
Environmental horticulture - also referred to as landscape horticulture and amenity horticulture - is the umbrella term for the horticulture that we encounter in our daily lives. With a huge increase in interest in the value of urban green space due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this updated edition is ideally placed to advocate just why green space is so important to us.This includes parks, public gardens, allotments, green roofs, sports facilities, cemeteries and shopping centres or in fact any public space which has grass, flower/foliar plantings and trees.A complete and comprehensive guide, this new edition of Environmental Horticulture: - Explores the role, value and application of horticulture in different landscapes.- Includes new content on how an urban plant functions, the therapeutic aspects of green spaces, people and urban wildlife, and specialist green spaces.- Reviews the importance and impact of horticulture on the wider environment.- Covers practical management advice for woody plants, herbaceous perennials and bulbs, meadows and semi-natural grasslands, lawn and sports turf, and interior landscapes.A vital resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, this book is also a valuable addition to academic departments with an interest in green space management and wider environmental issues....

Biographie:
Ross Cameron is Professor of Environmental Horticulture at the School of Architecture and Landscape, University of Sheffield. Ross acts as an advisor to the Royal Horticultural Society UK, sitting on both the Science Committee and the Horticulture and Sustainability Board. He is a former 'National Advisor' to the UK's Nursery and Landscape Sector.His research interests centre around urban green space and climate change mitigation, with a strong emphasis on optimising plant choice with respect to the benefits they provide human society (ecosystem services - such as city cooling, thermal insulation, flood management, biodiversity enhancement and promoting human health and well-being). Current research activities include understanding how plant design affects human emotions, effectiveness of green social prescribing, thermal insulation by plants under different climate scenarios and identifying key climate-resilience traits in landscape plants. When time allows - Ross is a keen gardener!...