Beautification is the process of making visual improvements in a town or city, typically to an urban area. This most often involves planting trees, shrubbery, and other greenery, but frequently also includes adding decorative or historic-style street lights and other lighting, and replacing broken pavement, often with brick or other natural materials. Old-fashioned cobblestones are sometimes used for crosswalks – not just for aesthetics, but also to slow down motorists. - Wikipedia at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautification Amy Sample Ward

Restoration ecology is the study of recuperating degraded, damaged or destroyed ecosystems through active human intervention. Restoration ecology specifically refers to the scientific study; however the term is often used to include its application: ecological or, more generally, environmental restoration. - Wikipedia at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_restoration Amy Sample Ward