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Sustainable landscape construction : a guide to green building outdoors /
Since the publication of the first edition in 2000, Sustainable Landscape Construction has helped to spur a movement towards resilient outdoor environments, in the U.S. and throughout the world. The third edition has been updated to include important recent developments in this landscape revolution....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
Island Press,
2018.
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| Edición: | Third edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; About Island Press; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface to the Third Edition; Authorship Changes; Why a New Edition?; What's New in This Edition?; Who Should Use This Book?; How to Use This Book; Finding Landscapes Along the Information Highway; Acknowlegments; Contacting the Author; Basic Principles: ""Sustainability"" in Context; What Is Sustainability? Politics, Ethics, and Semantics; Sustainability: Convention, Tradition, and Innovation; Landscapes Against Climate Change; Sustainability, Substance, and Style
- Rethinking Special Landscape Types for SustainabilityPrinciple 1: Keep Healthy Sites Healthy; What Is a Healthy Site?; Take a Role in Pre-construction
- Do Your Homework First: Knowledge as Sustainability; Avoid Survey Damage; Minimize Utility Damage; Physically Protect Sites During Construction; Preserve Healthy Topsoil; Save Every Possible Existing Tree- Even Just One; Use Appropriate Construction Machinery; Related Design and Planning Issues; Coordination and Follow-up; Principle 2: Heal Injured Soils and Sites; Turn Wastelands to Gardens
- Balance the Environmental Costs and Benefits of RestorationInvolve the Community in Site Restoration; Make a Virtue of the Necessity for Landfills; Recognize Agricultural and Rural Restoration; Restore Landscapes Structurally; Restore Damaged Soils On-site; Restore Regionally Appropriate Vegetation; Restore Forests and Coexist with Wildfire; Principle 3: Favor Living, Flexible Materials; Highlight the Benefits of Vegetation; Hold Slopes in Place with BTEC
- Biotechnical Erosion Control; Make Vertical Structures ""Habitat-able"" with Greenwalls; Turn Barren Roof Spaces into ""Greenroofs""
- Construct for and with PlantsEvaluate Turf: The Green, the Bad, and the Ugly; Count on Plants to Sustain; Principle 4: Respect the Waters of Life; Work with the Site's Water Regime; Understand, Protect, and Restore Natural Wetlands; Know the Issues Before Working in or near Wetlands; Restore Rivers and Streams to Full Health; Collect and Conserve Water; Irrigate Intelligently and Sparingly; Reuse Graywater; Purify Water at Every Opportunity; Test Modern Hardware for Cleaner Piped Stormwater; Let Constructed Wetlands Treat Water; Principle 5: Pave Less; Plan and Design to Reduce Paving
- Take Advantage of Context-sensitive Road DesignUse Techniques That Reduce Runoff from Paving; Use Porous Paving Materials; Cool Asphalt with Planting and Albedo; Principle 6: Consider Origin and Fate of Materials; The Devil is in the Details; Recall Some Simple Guidelines; Let Reuse Be Re-inspiration; Use Local, Salvaged, or Recycled Materials; Evaluate Environmental Costs When Choosing Suppliers; Use Sustainably Harvested Renewables; Use Nonrenewable Materials Sparingly; Avoid Toxic Materials; Know General Toxicity Issues by Material Type; Avoid Three Controversial Materials