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Land and natural development (LAND) code : guidelines for sustainable land development
- Title
- Land and natural development (LAND) code : guidelines for sustainable land development / Diana Balmori and Gaboury Benoit.
- Author
- Balmori, Diana.
- Publication
- Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2007], ©2007.
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- Additional Authors
- Benoit, Gaboury.
- Description
- ix, 243 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Land and Natural Development (LAND) Code offers a pioneering method to develop sites in harmony with natural processes that is solidly based on peer-reviewed scientific findings. While the LAND Code can be readily used in conjunction with LEED, EPA, and other guidelines, it features several unique characteristics." "After an introduction, the book begins with chapters covering water, soil, air, living resources, energy, and materials. Throughout these chapters, the authors recommend tested and proven strategies that minimize disruption of the natural processes. Each chapter provides background, describes benefits for both developers and ecosystems, and recommends protective strategies in simple, non-technical language (a glossary is provided explaining all terms not in common usage). A toolbox of environmental engineering methods to implement the strategies follows, and the final chapter of the book provides a series of examples of actual development projects in which a variety of approaches have successfully attained sustainable development. With its emphasis on scientific understanding, the LAND Code offers you the information needed to make and implement decisions for ecologically sound land development."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Wiley book on sustainable design
- Uniform Title
- Wiley book on sustainable design.
- Subjects
- Note
- "Published simultaneously in Canada"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-225) and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Water -- Ch. 3. Soils -- Ch. 4. Air quality and microclimate -- Ch. 5. Living resources -- Ch. 6. Energy -- Ch. 7. Industrial ecology and materials -- Ch. 8. Environmental engineering -- Ch. 9. Different paths to sustainability.
- ISBN
- 0470049847 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780470049846 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006027160
- OCLC
- OCM71126753
- 71126753
- SCSB-5322916
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries