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This book defines, illustrates, applies, and explores current and future tools and methods for measuring landscape performance using the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center as a case site, providing the most extensive, comprehensive description and application of existing landscape performance tools in the current literature to date.
List of contents
List of figuresList of tablesList of contributorsForeword by Barbara DeutschPreface by Galen Newman, Rui Zhu, Megan Barnes, and Dongying LiChapter 1. Defining and Explaining Landscape PerformanceMegan Barnes, Rui Zhu, Galen Newman, and Zhihan TaoChapter 2. Landscape Performance Tools and Calculators: An OverviewRui Zhu, Galen Newman, and Megan BarnesChapter 3. Houston Arboretum and Nature Center (HANC): Design, Implementation, and IssuesConners Ladner, Beau Burris, Debbie Markey, Joseph James, Allyson Mendenhall, Galen Newman, Rui Zhu and Dongying Li1. Environmental BenefitsChapter 4. Environmental Benefits: Investigating Urban Heat Mitigation Through In-Situ Microclimate MeasurementsXiaoyu Li, Jiang Zheng, Jingxi Peng, Yue Zhang, Dongying Li and Galen NewmanChapter 5. Environmental Benefits: Assessing Stormwater Runoff Contamination with Comparison SamplingZhihan Tao and Galen NewmanChapter 6. Environmental Benefits: Assessing Annual Pollutant Load Using the L-THIA ModelRui Zhu, Sara Prybutok, Zhenhang Cai, and Galen NewmanChapter 7. Environmental Benefits: Methodological Overview for eBird, iNaturalist, GAP Data, and Wildlife RichnessRui Zhu and Galen NewmanChapter 8. Environmental Benefits: Evaluating Species Richness for Birds Using eBird and GAP DataRui Zhu and Galen NewmanChapter 9. Environmental Benefits: Evaluating Species Richness for Mammals Using iNaturalist and GAP DataRui Zhu and Galen NewmanChapter 10. Environmental Benefits: Evaluating Species Richness for Insects Using iNaturalist and GAP DataRui Zhu and Galen NewmanChapter 11. Environmental Benefits: Evaluating Flora Species Richness Using Biodiversity IndexesRui Zhu and Galen NewmanChapter 12. Environmental Benefits: Assessing Habitat Quality and Pollinator BenefitsRui Zhu, Jiang Zheng, and Galen NewmanChapter 13. Environmental Benefits: Assessing Material Reuse from Construction DocumentsRui Zhu, Zhihan Tao, and Galen Newman2. Social BenefitsChapter 14. Social Benefits: Assessing Accessibility Impact Using Census DataRui Zhu, Galen Newman, and Dongying LiChapter 15. Social Benefits: Spatiotemporal Visitor Characterization through SafeGraph Data AnalysisXiaoyu Li, Yue Zhang, Dongying Li, Heng Cai and Hao TianChapter 16. Social Benefits: Analyzing Visitor Motivations and Benefits Based on Retrospective and On-Site SurveysYue Zhang, Xiaoyu Li, Jingxi Peng, and Dongying LiChapter 17. Social Benefits: Modeling Visitor Thermal Comfort in Various Park Zones with Heat Budget CalculationsXiaoyu Li, Jingxi Peng, Yue Zhang, and Dongying LiChapter 18. Social Benefits: Capturing Real-Time Mental Health Conditions using Geographically Explicit Ecological Momentary AssessmentDongying Li, Yue Zhang, Xiaoyu Li, and Jingxi Peng3. Economic BenefitsChapter 19. Economic Benefits: Assessing Property Tax Revenue through a Pre-Post EvaluationRui Zhu, Zhenhang Cai, and Galen NewmanChapter 20. Economic Benefits: Assessing Property Value through a Pre-Post EvaluationRui Zhu, Zhihan Tao, and Galen NewmanChapter 21. Economic Benefits: Evaluating Revenue Impacts with Financial ReportsRui Zhu, Zhihan Tao, and Galen NewmanChapter 22. Economic Benefits: Analyzing Seeding and Water Savings Across ScenariosRui Zhu and Galen Newman4. The Future of Landscape PerformanceChapter 23. Moving Forward: Future Needs and Directions for Landscape PerformanceGalen Newman, Rui Zhu, Megan Barnes, Dongying Li, and Zhihan TaoIndex
About the author
Galen Newman is a Professor and Department Head in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M University, United States. His research interests include community resilience, urban regeneration, landscape performance, and advanced land use science and analytics.
Rui Zhu is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M University, United States. Her research revolves around the intersections of community resilience, urban regeneration, urban analytics, landscape performance, and land use science.
Dongying Li is an Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M University, United States. Her primary area of research elucidates the relationship between human exposure to green infrastructure and mental health. She also focuses on identifying the environmental enablers and barriers to health equity.
Megan Barnes is Senior Program Manager for Research at the Landscape Architecture Foundation, United States. She manages LAF's Case Study Investigation (CSI) program and Landscape Performance Series initiatives. She has a diverse background in landscape architecture, international development, and nonprofit work and specializes in the quantification of benefits of exemplary landscapes.
Summary
This book defines, illustrates, applies, and explores current and future tools and methods for measuring landscape performance using the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center as a case site, providing the most extensive, comprehensive description and application of existing landscape performance tools in the current literature to date.
