Artful Rainwater Design


Book Description

Artful Rainwater Design has three main parts: first, the book outlines five amenity-focused goals that might be highlighted in a project: education, recreation, safety, public relations, and aesthetic appeal. Next, it focuses on techniques for ecologically sustainable stormwater management that complement the amenity goals. Finally, it features diverse case studies that show how designers around the country are implementing principles of artful rainwater design.










Principles of Ecological Landscape Design


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This groundbreaking work explains key ecological concepts and their application to the design and management of sustainable landscapes. It covers topics from biogeography and plant selection to global change. Beck draws on real world cases where professionals have put ecological principles to use in the built landscape.




Landscape Irrigation


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Irrigation methods and components Drawing techniques and presentation Sprinkler and drip irrigation methods and hardware Pipe characteristics and hydraulics Control systems CSI irrigation specifications










Handbook of Regenerative Landscape Design


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What if environmentally damaged landscapes could not only be remediated from an ecological standpoint, but also designed to replenish an entire community as well as the nature surrounding it? The Handbook of Regenerative Landscape Design incorporates ecology, engineering, sociology, and design elements into a new paradigm for environmental r




Advanced Landscape Irrigation Design and Management


Book Description

This book provides an in-depth analysis of water distribution. Learn how water comes out of a nozzle and how to achieve the highest distribution uniformity using pressure, spacing, hydraulics and equipment selection to impact the overall result. This resource for intermediate to advanced designers outlines how the principles of uniformity (DU, CU and SC) and efficiency should influence the irrigation design process, with special emphasis on water conservation.