The sustainable sites handbook : a complete guide to the principles, strategies, and practices for sustainable landscapes / Meg Calkins.
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TextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , c2012Description: xiv, 545 p. : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: 9780470643556Subject(s): SUSTAINABLE SITES INITIATIVE | LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY -- HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- EVALUATION -- HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC | ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT -- EVALUATION -- HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC | ARCHITECTURE / LANDSCAPELOC classification: QH 541.15 .C35 2012Other classification: ARC008000 
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LRC - Architecture | National University - Manila | Architecture | Reference | REF QH 541.15 .C35 2012 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | c.1 | Available | NULIB000007249 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
"This book will be the official reference guide to Sustainable Sites Initiative Rating System, the first national rating system for sustainable landscapes"-- Provided by publisher.
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