Keyline design is a landscaping technique of maximizing the beneficial use of the water resources of a tract of land, encompassing principles and techniques for developing rural and urban landscapes to optimize the use of their water resources. Its name comes from the "keyline," a specific topographic feature related to the natural flow of water across the land. The Australian farmer and engineer P. A. Yeomans is credited as the inventor and developer of the approach, documenting it across four books: The Keyline Plan, The Challenge of Landscape, Water For Every Farm and The City Forest.
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Practice ClassWater management and landscape design 1 OriginInvented and developed by Australian farmer and engineer P. A. Yeomans, who published the first book on the subject in 1954. 1 Connections
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P. A. Yeomans published the first book on Keyline design in 1954.
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Keyline design is a landscaping technique of maximizing the beneficial use of the water resources of a tract of land.
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