Sustainable landscape construction : a guide to green building outdoors / Kim Sorvig with J. William Thompson ; with drawings by Craig D. Farnsworth.
By: Sorvig, Kim [author.]
Contributor(s): Thompson, J. William [author.] | Farnsworth, Craig D [illustrator.]
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TextPublisher: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2018]Edition: Third editionDescription: xxx, 471 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781610918091 (hbk.); 161091810X (hbk.)Subject(s): Landscape construction | Landscape protection | Green products | Ecological landscape designDDC classification: 712.01 LOC classification: TH380 | .T46 2018| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Order of author names reversed in previous edition.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic principles : "Sustainability" in context -- Principle 1 : Keep healthy sites healthy -- Principle 2 : Heal injured soils and sites -- Principle 3 : Favor living, flexible materials -- Principle 4 : Respect the waters of life -- Principle 5 : Pave less -- Principle 6 : Consider origin and fate of materials -- Principle 7 : Know the costs of energy over time -- Principle 8 : Celebrate light, respect darkness -- Principle 9 : Quietly defend silence -- Principle 10 : Maintain to sustain -- Principle 11 : Demonstrate performance, learn from failure -- Sustaining principles, evolving efforts.
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