Sustainable landscape construction : a guide to green building outdoors
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Sustainable landscape construction : a guide to green building outdoors
AUTHOR:
Thompson, William
Sorvig, Kim
Farnsworth, Craig D.
ISBN:
9781597261432
EDITION:
2nd ed.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Washington : Island Press, c2008
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xxvii, 381 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Contents: "Sustainability" in context -- Keep healthy sites healthy -- Heal injured sites -- Favor living, flexible materials -- Respect the waters of life -- Pave less -- Consider origin and fate of materials -- Know the costs of energy over time -- Celebrate light, respect darkness -- Quietly defend silence -- Maintain to sustain -- Conclusions and beginnings.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-369) and index.
SUBJECT:
| Landscape construction |
| Landscape protection |
| Green products |
| Ecological landscape design |