Site Planning and Design Handbook - Hardcover

Russ,Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071377840 ISBN 13: 9780071377843

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2002

Synopsis

Essential site planning and design strategies, up-to-date with the latest sustainable development techniques

Discover how to incorporate sound environmental considerations into traditional site design processes. Written by a licensed landscape architect with more than 20 years of professional experience, this authoritative guide combines established approaches to site planning with sustainable practices and increased environmental sensitivity.

Fully revised and updated, Site Planning and Design Handbook, Second Edition discusses the latest standards and protocols-including LEED. The book features expanded coverage of green site design topics such as water conservation, energy efficiency, green building materials, site infrastructure, and brownfield restoration. This comprehensive resource addresses the challenges associated with site planning and design and lays the groundwork for success.

Site Planning and Design Handbook, Second Edition explains how to:

• Integrate sustainability into site design
• Gather site data and perform site analysis
• Meet community standards and expectations
• Plan for pedestrians, traffic, parking, and open space
• Use grading techniques to minimize erosion and maximize site stability
• Implement low-impact stormwater management and sewage disposal methods
• Manage brownfield redevelopment
• Apply landscape ecology principles to site design
• Preserve historic landscapes and effectively utilize vegetation

About this title

About the Author

Thomas H. Russ is a registered landscape architect and environmental manager with his own consulting practice. Mr. Russ is also an associate professor at the College of Southern Maryland and is the author of McGraw-Hill’s Redeveloping Brownfields. He has been a project manager or project designer for more than 70 land development projects and has consulted on more than 150 others. Mr. Russ is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects and is a continuing education provider for ASLA , the American Institute of Architects, and other associations.

From the Back Cover

A COMPLETE SITE PLANNING HANDBOOK REFLECTING THE CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM

Site Planning and Design Handbook bridges the gap between the traditional methods of site planning and design and our growing awareness of sustainability issues. Meticulously written and heavily illustrated with construction details and graphic standards, the Handbook offers thorough, detailed coverage of:
* Site analysis
* Environmental assessment
* Grading
* Design for traffic control
* Open space design
* Project management issues, including permitting and quality assurance
* Historic landscapes
* Preserving trees
* Storm water management
* Materials specifications and standards

Author Thomas Russ, a registered landscape architect and environmental manager, skillfully blends the technical as well as artistic aspects of site design to generate creativity and efficiency in both realms. Russ provides standards and guidelines that will support a design choice and provide a basis for educating clients and the public.

Site Planning and Design Handbook is the perfect vehicle for landscape architects, civil engineers, architects, and planners and developers who want to successfully create within the “new design paradigm.”

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071377840
• ISBN 13: 9780071377843
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 560