Sustainable landscape construction : a guide to green building outdoors - Sorvig, Kim; Thompson, J. William; Farnsworth, Craig D. (Washington, DC : Island Press, 2018)
Basic principles : "Sustainability" in context -- Principle 1 : Keep healthy sites healthy -- Principle 2 : Heal injured soils and sites -- Principle 3 : Favor living, flexible materials -- Principle 4 : Respect the waters of life -- Principle 5 : Pave less -- Principle 6 : Consider origin and fate of materials -- Principle 7 : Know the costs of energy over time -- Principle 8 : Celebrate light, respect darkness -- Principle 9 : Quietly defend silence -- Principle 10 : Maintain to sustain -- Principle 11 : Demonstrate performance, learn from failure -- Sustaining principles, evolving efforts.
Order of author names reversed in previous edition.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Landscape construction; Landscape protection; Green products; Ecological landscape design