(Ebook) Sustainable Landscape Construction A Guide to Green Building Outdoors 2nd Edition by J William Thompson, Kim Sorvig ISBN 9781597261425 1597261424

(Ebook) Sustainable Landscape Construction A Guide to Green Building Outdoors 2nd Edition by J William Thompson, Kim Sorvig ISBN 9781597261425 1597261424

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ISBN 10: 1597261424
ISBN 13: 9781597261425
Author: J William Thompson, Kim Sorvig

Published at the beginning of the twenty-first century, __Sustainable Landscape Construction__ took a new approach to what was then a nearly new subject: how to construct outdoor environments based on principles of sustainability. This enormously influential book helped to spur a movement that has taken root around the U.S. and throughout the world. The second edition has been thoroughly updated to include the most important developments in this landscape revolution, along with the latest scientific research in the field. It has been expanded to provide even more ideas for designing, building, and maintaining environmentally sensitive landscapes. It is essential reading for everyone with an interest in “green” landscape design.
Like its predecessor, the new edition of __Sustainable Landscape Construction__ is organized around principles that reflect the authors’ desire to put environmental ethics into practice. Each chapter focuses on one over-arching idea. These principles of sustainability are clearly articulated and are developed through specific examples. More than 100 projects from around the globe are described and illustrated. A new chapter details ways in which landscape architectural practice must respond to the dangers posed by fire, floods, drought, extreme storms, and climate change.
__Sustainable Landscape Construction__ is a crucial complement to basic landscape construction texts, and is a one-of-a-kind reference for professionals, students, and concerned citizens

(Ebook) Sustainable Landscape Construction A Guide to Green Building Outdoors 2nd Edition Table of contents:

Principle 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 Site 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

• Resources

Principle 2: Heal Injured Sites

• Turn Wastelands to Gardens

• Balance the Environmental Costs and Benefits of Restoration

• Involve the Community in Site Restoration

• Restore Landscapes Structurally

• Restore Damaged Soils On-site

• Restore Regionally Appropriate Vegetation

• Restore Forests and Coexist with Wildfire

• Resources

Principle 3: Favor Living, Flexible Materials

• Hold Slopes in Place with Biotechnical Erosion Control

• Make Vertical Structures “Habitat-able” with Greenwalls

• Turn Barren Roof Spaces into “Greenroofs”

• Construct for and with Plants

• Evaluate Turf: The Green, the Bad, and the Ugly

• Count on Plants to Sustain

• Resources

Principle 4: Respect the Waters of Life

• Work with the Site’s Water Regime

• Understand, Protect, and Restore Natural 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

• Resources

Principle 5: Pave Less

• Plan and Design to Reduce Paving

• Take Advantage of “Context-sensitive Road Design”

• Use Techniques That Reduce Runoff from Paving

• Use Porous Paving Materials

• Cool Asphalt with Planting and Albedo

• Resources

Principle 6: Consider Origin and Fate of Materials

• 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

• Avoid Toxic and Nonrenewable Materials

• Know General Toxicity Issues by Material Type

• Avoid Three Controversial Materials

• Prioritize Hazard-reduction Efforts

• Resources

Principle 7: Know the Costs of Energy over Time

• Understand How Landscape Energy Use Is Different

• Manage Energy for Machines, Tools, and Labor

• Embodied Energy—Why Do We Care?

• Use Life-cycle Costing to Justify Sustainable Design

• Apply Guidelines for Landscape Energy Conservation

• Resources

Principle 8: Celebrate Light, Respect Darkness

• Respect the Need for Darkness

• Talk Lighting—a Brief Glossary

• Use Lighting Efficiently

• Try Low-voltage Lighting for Flexibility

• Evaluate Lamp Performance

• Join the LED Lighting Revolution

• Resources

Principle 9: Quietly Defend Silence

• Understand Noise Terminology

• Be Aware of Damage Caused by Noise

• Don’t Rely on Noise “Barriers” in Most Landscapes

• Try Noise-absorbing Barriers

• Modify Pavement to Reduce Road Noise

• Make Noise Invisible

• Fight Noise with Noise

• Push for Quieter Landscape Tools

• Protect “Soundscapes” Through Planning

• Resources

Principle 10: Maintain to Sustain

• Know the Resource Costs of Conventional Landscape Maintenance

• Plan for Maintainable Spaces

• Expect Change

• Use Appropriate Machinery and Fuels

• Switch to Bio-based Maintenance Products

• Apply Integrated Pest Management

• Use Fertilizers Sustainably

• Don’t Waste On-site Resources

• Consider Alternatives to Mowing

• Adapt to Using Native Plants

• Manage Large Public Landscapes Holistically, Too

• Evaluate Life-cycle Costs of Maintenance Options

• Coordinate Design, Construction, and Maintenance

• Resources

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