Sustainable Landscape Construction by Thompson, J. William -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents List of Figures List of Tables Preface to the Third Edition

Authorship Changes Why a New Edition? What’s New in This Edition? Who Should Use This Book? How to Use This Book Finding Landscapes Along the Information Highway Acknowledgments Contacting the Author

Basic Principles: “Sustainability” in Context

What Is Sustainability? Politics, Ethics, and Semantics Sustainability: Convention, Tradition, and Innovation Landscapes Against Climate Change Sustainability, Substance, and Style Rethinking Special Landscape Types for Sustainability

Principle 1: Keep Healthy Sites Healthy

What Is a Healthy Site? Take a Role in “Pre-construction” Do Your Homework First: Knowledge as Sustainability Avoid Survey Damage Minimize Utility Damage Physically Protect Sites During Construction Preserve Healthy Topsoil Save Every Possible Existing Tree—Even Just One Use Appropriate Construction Machinery Related Design and Planning Issues Coordination and Follow-up

Principle 2: Heal Injured Soils and Sites

Turn Wastelands to Gardens Balance the Environmental Costs and Benefits of Restoration Involve the Community in Site Restoration Make a Virtue of the Necessity for Landfills Recognize Agricultural and Rural Restoration Restore Landscapes Structurally Restore Damaged Soils On-site Restore Regionally Appropriate Vegetation Restore Forests and Coexist with Wildfire

Principle 3: Favor Living, Flexible Materials

Highlight the Benefits of Vegetation Hold Slopes in Place with BTEC—Biotechnical Erosion Control Make Vertical Structures “Habitat-able” with Greenwalls Turn Barren Roof Spaces into Greenroofs Construct for and with Plants Evaluate Turf: The Green, the Bad, and the Ugly Count on Plants to Sustain

Principle 4: Respect the Waters of Life

Work with the Site’s Water Regime Understand, Protect, and Restore Natural Wetlands Know the Issues Before Working in or near Wetlands Restore Rivers and Streams to Full Health Collect and Conserve Water Irrigate Intelligently and Sparingly Reuse Graywater Purify Water at Every Opportunity Test Modern Hardware for Cleaner Piped Stormwater Let Constructed Wetlands Treat Water

Principle 5: Pave Less

Plan and Design to Reduce Paving Take Advantage of Context-sensitive Road Design Use Techniques That Reduce Runoff from Paving Use Porous Paving Materials Cool Asphalt with Planting and Albedo

Principle 6: Consider Origin and Fate of Materials

The Devil Is in the Details Recall Some Simple Guidelines Let Reuse Be Re-inspiration Use Local, Salvaged, or Recycled Materials Evaluate Environmental Costs When Choosing Suppliers Use Sustainably Harvested Renewables Use Nonrenewable Materials Sparingly Avoid Toxic Materials Know General Toxicity Issues by Material Type Avoid Three Controversial Materials Prioritize Hazard-reduction Efforts

Principle 7: Know the Costs of Energy over Time

Understand How Landscape Energy Use Is Different Manage Energy for Machines, Tools, and Labor Embodied Energy—Why Do We Care? Use Life-cycle Costing to Justify Sustainable Design Apply Guidelines for Landscape Energy Conservation

Principle 8: Celebrate Light, Respect Darkness

Respect the Need for Darkness Talk Lighting—a Brief Glossary Use Lighting Efficiently Try Low-voltage Lighting for Flexibility Use Solar Lighting Evaluate Lamp Performance Join the LED Lighting Revolution

Principle 9: Quietly Defend Silence

Understand Noise Terminology Be Aware of Damage Caused by Noise Don’t Rely on Noise “Barriers” in Most Landscapes Try Noise-absorbing Materials Modify Pavement to Reduce Road Noise Make Noise Invisible Fight Noise with Noise Push for Quieter Landscape Tools Protect “Soundscapes” Through Planning

Principle 10: Maintain to Sustain

Know the Resource Costs of Conventional Landscape Maintenance Plan for Maintainable Spaces Expect Change Evaluate Bio-based Maintenance Products with Care Apply Integrated Pest Management Use Fertilizers Sustainably Don’t Waste On-site Resources Consider Alternatives to Mowing Adapt to Using Native Plants Manage Large Public Landscapes Holistically, Too Evaluate Life-cycle Costs of Maintenance Options Use Innovative Funding Coordinate Design, Construction, and Maintenance

Principle 11: Demonstrate Performance, Learn from Failure

Anatomy of a Certification System Landscape Certification Programs Better Measures Landscape Forensics and Learning (or Not) from Failure

Sustaining Principles, Evolving Efforts

Learning from the Landscape: Themes and Strategies Green Education in Design and Construction Landscapes as Public Environmental Education Thinking One Hundred Years Ahead

Notes Index