Infrastructure as Amenity : Houston's Bayou becomes a Floodway-turned-Park ; Buffalo Bayou Promenade in Houston, Texas, is an example of a large-scale landscape and waterway infrastructure project.

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Infrastructure as Amenity : Houston's Bayou becomes a Floodway-turned-Park ; Buffalo Bayou Promenade in Houston, Texas, is an example of a large-scale landscape and waterway infrastructure project.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Topos : The International Review of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design 69(2009)S. 32-37
VerfasserIn:	Shanley, Kevin (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
Sprache:	German
Veröffentlicht:	2009
Schlagworte:	Aufsatz
Ähnliche Datensätze:	In: Topos : The International Review of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design

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