"Residential Landscape Sustainability: A Checklist Tool" by C. Smith, A. Clayden, N. Dunnett (Repost)

This valuable resource for developers and designers will help to develop design solutions sympathetic to the environment and improve the sustainability of residential landscapes. This book shows how to improve the sustainable profile of new residential developments through landscape planning, design and management - by conserving resources and minimising pollution, and by enhancing ecological diversity.

The residential landscape sustainability checklist gives housing developers, landscape architects, architects and planners a tool with which to assess the environmental implication of their schemes throughout the design process - from site planning to detailed design.

The checklist focuses on residential housing developments but many features of the tool - including improving energy efficiency, materials selection, planting design and management - can also be applied to a wide range of different types of development, from school grounds to retail parks.

Contents
Acknowledgements
1 Putting residential development in a sustainable context
2 Opportunities for improving the sustainable profile of new residential developments
3 Creating a residential landscape sustainability checklist
4 Case studies: applying the Residential Landscape Sustainability Checklist
Appendix: Detailed Residential Landscape Sustainability Checklist
Index