The Sustainable Sites Handbook: A Complete Guide to the Principles, Strategies, and Best Practices for Sustainable Landscapes

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Get the definitive resource guide for sustainable web site design, construction, and management.

The Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) is transforming land design, development, and management practices across the US with the primary national rating system for sustainable landscapes. The Sustainable Sites Handbook features comprehensive and detailed information on principles, strategies, technologies, tools, and perfect practices for sustainable web site design. Contributors to this book are one of the most same experts that carefully shaped the SITES rating tool, making sure thorough coverage of the broad range of topics related to sustainable web site design.

The Sustainable Sites Handbook offers in-depth coverage of design, construction, and management for systems of hydrology, vegetation, soils, materials, and human health and well-being. Focusing totally on environmental web site design and ecosystem services and products, this wide-ranging guide also covers issues of social equity, economic feasibility, and stewardship, which might be a very powerful to the success of any sustainable web site.

Equally useful as a handbook for obtaining SITES credits or for the independent development of sustainable sites, The Sustainable Sites Handbook is an indispensible resource for practicing professionals in landscape architecture, landscape design, architecture, civil engineering, land planning, horticulture, ecology, environmental engineering, landscape contracting, and parks and recreation management.

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