The sustainable sites handbook : a complete guide to the principles, strategies, and practices for sustainable landscapes / Meg Calkins.

By:

Calkins, Meg [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Son, Inc., c2012Description: xiv, 545 p. : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9780470643556

Subject(s):

LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

LOC classification:

QH 541.15 .C35 2012

Contents:

Foreword -- Letter from SITES Partners -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Predesign: Site selection, assessment, and planning -- 3. Site design: water -- 4. Site design: vegetation -- 5. Site design: soils -- 6. Site design: materials and resources -- 7. Human health and well-being for sustainable sites -- 8. Operations, maintenance, monitoring, and stewardship

Summary: "This official reference guide to the Sustainable Sites Initiative Rating System contains information on principles, strategies, technologies, tools, and best practices for sustainable site design applicable to any type of designed landscape, with or without buildings, ranging from shopping malls, streetscapes, subdivisions, corporate and academic campuses, transportation corridors, parks and recreation areas, all the way to single family homes. Equally useful as a guide to achieving SSI credits, or as a guide to independent pursuit of sustainable sites, it offers in-depth coverage on important "green" topics"-- | "This book will be the official reference guide to Sustainable Sites Initiative Rating System, the first national rating system for sustainable landscapes"--

Item type:

Books - Reference

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books - Reference	National University - Manila	LRC - Architecture Reference	Architecture	REF QH 541.15 .C35 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000007249

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This official reference guide to the Sustainable Sites Initiative Rating System contains information on principles, strategies, technologies, tools, and best practices for sustainable site design applicable to any type of designed landscape, with or without buildings, ranging from shopping malls, streetscapes, subdivisions, corporate and academic campuses, transportation corridors, parks and recreation areas, all the way to single family homes. Equally useful as a guide to achieving SSI credits, or as a guide to independent pursuit of sustainable sites, it offers in-depth coverage on important "green" topics"-- | "This book will be the official reference guide to Sustainable Sites Initiative Rating System, the first national rating system for sustainable landscapes"--

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