Standards in sustainable landscape architecture

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dc.creatorBean, Cayceen
dc.creatorYang, Chia-Huien
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-25T21:51:02Zen
dc.date.available2011-10-25T21:51:02Zen
dc.date.issued2009-10en
dc.descriptionStudent paper for Sustainable Design Seminar/Studio, Fall 2009. Instructors: Werner Lang and Wilfred Wang.en
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
dc.description.departmentArchitectureen
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Meadows Foundation, grant #2008060137en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/13982en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectSustainabilityen
dc.subjectConservationismen
dc.subjectSustainble Sites Initiativeen
dc.subjectliving systemsen
dc.subjectUnited States Green Building Councilen
dc.subjectUSGBCen
dc.subjectecosystemsen
dc.subjectecosystem servicesen
dc.subjectwateren
dc.subjectconstructed wetlandsen
dc.subjectxeriscapeen
dc.subjectxeriscapingen
dc.subjectvertical landscapesen
dc.subjectLandscape gardening--Water conservationen
dc.subjectWater in landscape architectureen
dc.titleStandards in sustainable landscape architectureen
dc.typeArticleen

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