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Article | REF: C4182 V1

Landscaping practice

Author: Jean-Noël TOURNIER

Publication date: May 10, 1990 | Lire en français

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    3. Landscaping

    3.1 Different types of layout

    Urban alignment is the simplest and most obvious form of landscaping. It consists of planting a line of trees along the sidewalks of a road. The number of these alignments can vary according to the width available for planting. When there are several alignments, they are called "mails". These alignments play a number of roles in urban planning, including: the identification and hierarchization of lanes through specific landscaping; the creation of a pleasant atmosphere through the action of these trees on temperature, wind and noise; the unification of a generally heterogeneous urban facade without masking its distinctive features.

    Landscaped planting also serves a number of specific purposes: it enhances the aesthetic and architectural...

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