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Meg Calkins - The Sustainable Sites Handbook: A Complete Guide to the Principles, Strategies, and Best Practices for Sustainable Landscapes - 9780470643556 - V9780470643556
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The Sustainable Sites Handbook: A Complete Guide to the Principles, Strategies, and Best Practices for Sustainable Landscapes

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Description for The Sustainable Sites Handbook: A Complete Guide to the Principles, Strategies, and Best Practices for Sustainable Landscapes Hardcover. Get the definitive resource guide for sustainable site design, construction, and management.

The Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) is transforming land design, development, and management practices across the United States with the first national rating system for sustainable landscapes. Series: Wiley Series in Sustainable Design. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AMV; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 231 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1378.
Get the definitive resource guide for sustainable site design, construction, and management. The Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) is transforming land design, development, and management practices across the United States with the first national rating system for sustainable landscapes. The Sustainable Sites Handbook features comprehensive and detailed information on principles, strategies, technologies, tools, and best practices for sustainable site design. Contributors to this book are some of the same experts that carefully shaped the SITES rating tool, ensuring thorough coverage of the broad range of topics related to sustainable site design. The Sustainable Sites Handbook offers in-depth coverage of design, construction, ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Wiley Series in Sustainable Design
Condition
New
Weight
1395 g
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Chichester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780470643556
SKU
V9780470643556
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About Meg Calkins
MEG CALKINS, ASLA, LEED AP, is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at Ball State University. As an officer of ASLA's Sustainable Development Professional Practice Network, Meg was part of a small team that approached ASLA about forming the effort that eventually grew into the Sustainable Sites Initiative. Today, Meg is a member of the SITES Technical Core Committee. She ... Read more

Reviews for The Sustainable Sites Handbook: A Complete Guide to the Principles, Strategies, and Best Practices for Sustainable Landscapes
Calkins and other experts cover all of the primary elements of site design in detail, from site assessment to soils, vegetation, and water... landscape architects looking for a single resource to expand their technical knowledge base on sustainable site design would be hard pressed to find a better place to start. (Examiner.com, August 2012) The Sustainable Sites Handbook ... Read more

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