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Sustainable Landscape Construction, Third Edition - A Guide to Green Building Outdoors (Hardcover, 3rd Third Edition, Third Edition, Third ed.)
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Sustainable Landscape Construction, Third Edition - A Guide to Green Building Outdoors (Hardcover, 3rd Third Edition, Third Edition, Third ed.)
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Since the publication of the first edition in 2000, Sustainable
Landscape Construction has helped to spur a movement towards
resilient outdoor environments, in the U.S. and throughout the
world. The third edition has been updated to include important
recent developments in this landscape revolution. It remains
essential reading for everyone with an interest in "green" design
of outdoor spaces and infrastructures. Like its predecessors, the
new edition of Sustainable Landscape Construction is organized
around principles, recognizing that built environments, and our
work in them, pose both pragmatic and ethical challenges. Each
chapter focuses on one overarching site goal, such as "Pave Less,"
"Heal Injured Sites," and "Consider Origin and Fate of Materials."
These principles of land sustainability are clearly articulated and
developed through specific examples of more than 100 projects from
around the world, reflecting both traditions and recent
innovations. Expanded coverage of industry trends toward
performance monitoring, and of lessons from project failures, form
an important enhancement in this edition. New content also details
the necessity to plan adaptively, not just preventively, for the
realities of changing climate and intensifying weather. Some of the
trends covered will shift how landscape architects and contractors
will do business in challenging years ahead: to survive, many
professionals and clients will focus on restoration projects,
motivated by ecosystem services and social justice, and funded by
innovative methods. Sustainable Landscape Construction is part of
the canon of landscape construction texts, and with this update,
remains a visionary, one of a kind reference for professionals and
students.
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