The sustainable sites handbook : a complete guide to the principles, strategies, and practices for sustainable landscapes
- Type:
- boek
- Titel:
- The sustainable sites handbook : a complete guide to the principles, strategies, and practices for sustainable landscapes
- Jaar:
- 2012
- Onderwerp:
- Sustainable Sites Initiative
Landschapszorg. Groenbeheer. Openbare groenvoorziening - Taal:
- Engels
- Uitgever:
- Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2012
- Plaatsnummer:
- 712.1 CALK (Kunstenbibliotheek)
- ISBN:
- 9780470643556
- Paginering:
- xiv, 545 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Samenvatting:
- - Sustainable site design defined / Meg Calkins##- Predesign: site selection, assessment, and planning / Heather Venhaus. Site selection ; Understanding the site ; Team development and planning strategies ; Developing project direction: principles, goals, and performance targets##- Site Design: Water / Alfred Vick, John Calabria, Stuart Echols, Michael Ogden, and David Yocca. Sustainable stormwater management ; Stormwater design approaches ; Water conservation ; Onsite wastewater treatment, disposal, and reuse##- Sight Design: Vegatation / Steve Windhager, Mark Simmons, and Jacob Blue. Vegetation and ecosystem services ; Vegetation protection techniques ; Sustainable planting design and management##- Site design: Soils / Nina Bassuk and Susan Day. Integrating soil into the design process ; Soils in the site assessment ; Soil characteristics and associated tests ; Managing soils for a sustainable site ; Soil replacement and specialized soils ; The soil management plan##- Site Design: Materials and Resources / Meg Calkins. The lifecycle of construction materials and products ; Environmental impacts of materials and products ; Human health impacts of materials ; Evaluating environmental and human health ; Impacts of materials ; Inventory and analysis for materials ; Resource efficiency ; Low-VOC materials and products ; Materials to minimize heat island impacts ; Concrete ; Aggregates and stone ; Asphalt ; Brick masonry ; Earthen materials ; Plastics ; Metals ; Bio-based materials ; Wood ; Site lighting##- Human Health and Well-Being for Sustainable Sites / Robert Ryan. Assessing the site's social setting ; Sustainability awareness and education ; Social equality in site development, construction, and use ; Site accessibility ; Site wayfinding ; Site safety ; Design for physical activity ; Restorative settings ; Design for social interaction and community building ; Preserving historic and cultural features##- Operations, Maintenance, Monitoring, and Stewardshi
- Nota:
- boek
- Permalink:
- https://www.cageweb.be/catalog/kub01:000565503
