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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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Constituents
Standardization
Association Française de Normalisation AFNOR
Nursery products
- Jeunes plants et jeunes touffes de pépinières fruitières et ornementales. Spécifications générales. - NF V 12-031 - 3-80
- Jeunes plants d'arbres fruitiers. Spécifications particulières. - NF V 12-032 - 3-80
- Jeunes plants et jeunes touffes d'arbres et d'arbustes d'ornement à feuilles caduques ou persistantes. Spécifications particulières....
Organizations
Comité National Interprofessionnel de l'Horticulture (CNIH).
École Nationale des Ingénieurs de Travaux Horticoles (ENITH).
École Nationale Supérieure d'Horticulture (ENSH).
École Nationale Supérieure du Paysage (ENSP).
École Supérieure d'Art des Jardins (ESAJ).
Fédération Française du Paysage (FFP)....
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