Sustainable Landscaping
Principles and Practices
Marietta Loehrlein
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Sustainable Landscaping
Principles and Practices
Marietta Loehrlein
Ă propos de ce livre
Sustainable landscaping involves a set of practices implemented by landscape practitioners to help solve environmental concerns. Continuing in the tradition of its predecessor, the second edition of Sustainable Landscaping: Principles and Practices examines underlying landscaping issues that adversely affect the environment and illustrates alternative methods that result in positive outcomes. This textbook examines all phases of landscaping in both residential and commercial environments, from design to construction and implementation to maintenance.
Firmly anchoring landscaping practices in the context of sustainability, this book explores topics including choosing appropriate plants and using plants for specific effects, such as shading, water quality and quantity, soil health and optimal preservation techniques, pesticide usage and its inherent dangers, energy consumption, and resource management and waste reduction. Sustainable Landscaping also provides a thorough grounding in pertinent issues and terminology for each topic, followed by practical solutions applied by landscape professionals.
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- Each chapter includes learning objectives and case studies of actual sustainable landscape activities.
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- Contains updated government statistics and data, graphs, tables, and color photographs throughout.
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- Provides background information and sustainable solutions for students, homeowners, and landscaping professionals to effectively design and manage landscapes.
Author
Dr. Marietta Loehrlein is a Professor Emeritus of Horticulture and Landscaping at Western Illinois University in Macomb, IL, USA. While there, she developed a new course, "Sustainable Landscaping, " and wrote the first edition of this textbook, which was also the first of its kind to address the subject.
Foire aux questions
Informations
1 Sustainable Landscaping
Objectives
- Understand the history of current sustainability issues
- Identify the major issues of sustainable landscaping
- Name sustainable landscape practices
- Discuss the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITESâą) and its role in landscaping
- Compare and contrast the sustainable landscape audit with the conventional site analysis
Terms to Know
- Anthropogenic climate change
- Ecosystem services
- Global climate change
- Greenhouse gases
- LEED
- Non-renewable resources
- Renewable resources
- Sustainable Sites Initiative
- Sustainable landscaping
What Is Sustainable Landscaping?
- Proper plant selection and placement
- Using plants for energy efficiency
- Creating and preserving wildlife habitat
- Designing for energy efficiency
- Landscaping for wildfire safety
- Bioremediation, phytoremediation, and constructed wetlands
- Water conservation and aquifer replenishment
- Stormwater management
- Protecting, building, and maintaining healthy soil
- Responsible fertilizing
- Reducing or eliminating pesticide usage
- Reducing emission of greenhouse gases in landscape practices
- Protecting air and water quality
- The use of renewable and non-renewable resources in landscape materials.
History and Background
Year | Event | Comments |
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1947 | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) passed | Federal law regulating the use and labeling of pesticides |
1948 | The Federal Water Pollution Control Act passed | The first major US law to address water pollution |
1949 | Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold published | Author proposes âThe Land Ethicâ idea |
1962 | Silent Spring by Rachel Carson published | About the dangers of pesticides on human health and the environment |
1969 | National Environmental Policy Act passed (signed on January 1, 1970) | An Act to establish a national policy for the environment |
1970 | Rabb and Guthrie | Coined the term âIntegrated Pest Managementâ |
1970 | The First Earth Day | Marked the beginning of the âenvironmental movementâ |
1970 | The Clean Air Act signed | Established air quality standards to protect the public |
1972 | DDT banned in the United States | High-profile case of pesticide toxicity and persistence in the environment brought to the publicâs attention by Rachel Carson |
1977 | The Clean Water Act passed | Major amendments to the Water Pollution Act of 1948 |
1978 | Permaculture developed by Bill Mollison | Provided a systems approach to sustainable agriculture |
1984 | Life Cycle Assessment | Provided a framework for evaluating environmental impact of products and materials |
1987 | Our Common Future (Brundtland Report for the United Nations) published | Released report with definition of âsustainabilityâ |
1987 | Audubon International founded | Fosters environmental awareness and practices in communities and golf courses through certification programs |
1992 | The first Earth Summit was held in Rio de Janiero, Brazil | Laid international groundwork for sustainable practices in many facets of human activity |
1993 | Forest Stewardship Council founded | Developed standards for sustainably harvested lumber |
1998 | US Green Building Council establishes LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) | Provides guidelines and points for energy efficient buildings |
2002 | âXeriscapingâ coined by Ken Ball at the Denver Water Department | Developed a structural framework for water conservation in landscaping |
2005 | American Society of Landscape Architects begins discussions about the Sustainable Sites Initiative | Developed a system to reward sustainable landscaping practices |
Arizona | In 2010, The Arizona Landscape Contractors Association officially adopted the standards in the book Sustainable Landscape Management Standards for Landscape Care in the Desert Southwest by Janet Waibel |
California | Rob Maday, landscape architect, developed website resource for sustainability http://www.landscaperesource.com/site-features#feature1 |
Colorado | Front Range Sustainable Landscaping Best ... |
Table des matiĂšres
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Author
- Chapter 1 Sustainable Landscaping
- Chapter 2 Sustainability in the Plantscape
- Chapter 3 The Sun and the Sustainable Landscape
- Chapter 4 The Wind and Energy Conservation
- Chapter 5 Water Issues
- Chapter 6 Water Conservation
- Chapter 7 Managing Excess Water in the Landscape
- Chapter 8 Soil Health
- Chapter 9 Sustainable Fertilization
- Chapter 10 Improving Landscape Soils with Organic Matter
- Chapter 11 Pesticides in the Landscape
- Chapter 12 Integrated Pest Management
- Chapter 13 Energy: Sources and Uses
- Chapter 14 Tools and Equipment
- Chapter 15 Sustainable Landscape Materials and Products
- Appendix A: Sustainability Audit
- Appendix B: Important Websites Used as Resources in this Book
- Index