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Sustainable Landscape Construction

A Guide to Green Building Outdoors

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Kim Sorvig

    1. School of Architecture and Planning, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA

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  2. J. William Thompson

    1. Washington, DC, USA

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  • Up-to-date third edition of a definitive text on sustainable landscape construction

  • Presents principles of construction, then articulates and develops them through over 100 specific projects from around the world

  • Accessible for undergraduates, but complex enough to present important information to graduate students in landscape architecture, engineering, and related fields

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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  2. Basic Principles: “Sustainability” in Context

    • Kim Sorvig, J. William Thompson
    Pages 1-46

  3. Keep Healthy Sites Healthy

    • Kim Sorvig, J. William Thompson
    Pages 47-85

  4. Heal Injured Soils and Sites

    • Kim Sorvig, J. William Thompson
    Pages 87-131

  5. Favor Living, Flexible Materials

    • Kim Sorvig, J. William Thompson
    Pages 133-181

  6. Respect the Waters of Life

    • Kim Sorvig, J. William Thompson
    Pages 183-234

  7. Pave Less

    • Kim Sorvig, J. William Thompson
    Pages 235-262

  8. Consider Origin and Fate of Materials

    • Kim Sorvig, J. William Thompson
    Pages 263-303

  9. Know the Costs of Energy over Time

    • Kim Sorvig, J. William Thompson
    Pages 305-339

  10. Celebrate Light, Respect Darkness

    • Kim Sorvig, J. William Thompson
    Pages 341-362

  11. Quietly Defend Silence

    • Kim Sorvig, J. William Thompson
    Pages 363-372

  12. Maintain to Sustain

    • Kim Sorvig, J. William Thompson
    Pages 373-390

  13. Demonstrate Performance, Learn from Failure

    • Kim Sorvig, J. William Thompson
    Pages 391-407

  14. Sustaining Principles, Evolving Efforts

    • Kim Sorvig, J. William Thompson
    Pages 409-420

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 421-471
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About this book

The publication of the first edition in 2000 spurred a movement towards resilient outdoor environments in the U.S. and throughout the world. The third edition has been updated to include important recent developments in this landscape revolution. It remains essential reading for everyone with an interest in "green" design of outdoor spaces and infrastructures.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Architecture and Planning, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA

    Kim Sorvig

  • Washington, DC, USA

    J. William Thompson

About the authors

Kim Sorvig is a research associate professor at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico, and co-author of the Sustainable Building Technical Manual, published by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Sorvig has consulted and designed for the Historic Santa Fe Foundation; the Rio Grande Botanical Gardens Asian Meditation Gardens; the Las Aves Wildlife Rescue Facility (Espanola, NM); the restoration of the Barnes Arboretum (Philadelphia); and the restoration of the Hammond Museum and Japanese Garden (New York). He has provided site-interpretive designs for private residences and ecological and historical interpretations for several large public parks and projects. He is a registered landscape architect (NM, PA) and member of the American Society of Landscape Architects and International Association of Landscape Ecologists. Sorvig holds a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania, a Kew Diploma (with distinction) from the Royal Botanic Gardens, London, and a B.A. in Humanities and Social Science from Colorado State University.
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J. William Thompson is the former editor-in-chief for Landscape Architecture, the magazine of the American Society of Landscape Architects. His latest book is From Memory to Memoriall: Shanksville, America, and Flight 93 from Penn State Press (2017).

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