Sustainable Landscape Construction

A Guide to Green Building Outdoors, Second Edition

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Landscape, Planning
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Author: J. William Thompson, Kim Sorvig ISBN: 9781597267847
Publisher: Island Press Publication: September 26, 2012
Imprint: Island Press Language: English
Author: J. William Thompson, Kim Sorvig
ISBN: 9781597267847
Publisher: Island Press
Publication: September 26, 2012
Imprint: Island Press
Language: English

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 movemthat has taken root around the U.S. and throughout the world. The second edition has been thoroughly updated to include the mimportant 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 complemto basic landscape construction texts, and is a one-of-a-kind reference for professionals, students, and concerned citizens.

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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 movemthat has taken root around the U.S. and throughout the world. The second edition has been thoroughly updated to include the mimportant 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 complemto basic landscape construction texts, and is a one-of-a-kind reference for professionals, students, and concerned citizens.

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