| Description |
xiv, 545 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Series |
A Wiley book on sustainable design |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Contents |
Letter from SITES partners -- 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 Stewardship / Amy Bellaire and David Yocca. Environmental and human health impacts of sustainable site operations, maintenance, and monitoring ; Incorporating operations, maintenance, and monitoring considerations into site design ; Monitoring to inform active and adaptive stewardship |
| Subject |
Sustainable Sites Initiative
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Landscape ecology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Sustainable development -- Evaluation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Environmental management -- Evaluation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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| ISBN |
9780470643556 |
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0470643552 |
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