Description
The landscapes around housing have a crucial role in creating a more sustainable future with carbon-neutral homes. This book shows how to improve the sustainable profile of new residential developments through landscape planning, design and management - by conserving resources and minimising pollution, and by enhancing ecological diversity. This may be achieved without significant additional capital outlay.
The residential landscape sustainability checklist gives housing developers, landscape architects, architects and planners a tool with which to assess the environmental implication of their schemes throughout the design process - from site planning to detailed design.
The checklist focuses on residential housing developments but many features of the tool - including improving energy efficiency, materials selection, planting design and management - can also be applied to a wide range of different types of development, from school grounds to retail parks.
About the Author
Carl Smith BSc(Hons) DipLA MA PhD MLI - Visiting Garvan Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Arkansas
Andy Clayden BSc DipLA MA - Senior Lecturer, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield
Nigel Dunnett BSc MSc PhD - Senior Lecturer, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield
Reviews
"It is an ideal tool for anyone who needs quick access to information on a topic which becoming increasingly important in both political and practical terms." Building Engineer
"Residential Landscape Sustainability provides a rationale and a possible method for promoting evaluation of sustainable landscapes and contains both integrative thinking and hard details on this topic... [It] is a serious attempt to reflect on and improve sustainable practice." Landscape Architecture Magazine
"Compiles diverse material into a single accessible volume, providing an amazing resource for Arkansas homeowners and design professionals alike." At Home in Arkansas
Book Information
ISBN 9781405158732
Author Carl Smith
Format Hardback
Page Count 208
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 680g
Dimensions(mm) 252mm * 196mm * 17mm
