Standards in sustainable landscape architecture
| Title: | Standards in sustainable landscape architecture |
| Author: | Bean, Cayce; Yang, Chia-Hui |
| Abstract: | This paper examines how the principles of sustainability may be applied to the field of landscape architecture. It gives a brief history of the Sustainable Sites Initiative and the guidelines and benchmarks developed by that organization to measure the long-term environmental and social impact of landscape design. The paper then goes on to discuss strategies for water management, use of vegetation, and site design for sustainable landscape architecture. |
| Description: | Student paper for Sustainable Design Seminar/Studio, Fall 2009. Instructors: Werner Lang and Wilfred Wang. |
| Department: | Architecture, School of |
| Subject: |
Sustainability
Conservationism Sustainble Sites Initiative living systems United States Green Building Council USGBC ecosystems ecosystem services water constructed wetlands xeriscape xeriscaping vertical landscapes Landscape gardening--Water conservation Water in landscape architecture |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/13982 |
| Date: | 2009-10 |
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