Ecological engineering design : restoring and conserving ecosystem services /

"Ecologically-sensitive building and landscape design is a broad, intrinsically interdisciplinary field. Existing books independently cover narrow aspects of ecological design in depth (hydrology, ecosystems, soils, flora and fauna, etc.), but none of these books can boast of the integrated app...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Matlock, Marty D.
Otros Autores: Morgan, Robert A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, ©2010.
Temas:
Ecological engineering.
Sustainable design.
Environmental engineering.
Génie écologique.
Technique de l'environnement.
Écoconception.
environmental engineering.
sustainable architecture.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > General.
Ecological engineering
Environmental engineering
Sustainable design
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Sustainable Human-Dominated Ecosystems
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Designing Ecosystem Services
  • Defining Place: Biomes and Ecoregions
  • Defining Place: The Watershed
  • Defining Place: The Site
  • Defining Place: Soils as a Living Organism
  • Fundamental Principles of Ecology for Design
  • Energy and Mass Flow Through Ecosystems
  • Designing Community Structure
  • Ecosystem Control and Feedback Systems
  • Stream Restoration Design
  • Designing Ecosystem Services by Landform
  • Green Infrastructure Design
  • Low Impact Development
  • Ecosystem Services Design in Agriculture and Industry
  • Index.

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