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Land and natural development (LAND) code : guidelines for sustainable land development / Diana Balmori and Gaboury Benoit.

By: Balmori, Diana.
Contributor(s): Benoit, Gaboury.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: A Wiley book on sustainable design. Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2007Description: ix, 243 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0470049847 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780470049846 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Real estate development -- Environmental aspects -- United States | Land use -- Environmental aspects -- United States | Building -- Environmental aspects -- United States | Sustainable development -- United StatesDDC classification: 333.77 Online resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
Introduction -- Water -- Site drainage -- Impervious surfaces -- Stormwater quality -- Water conservation and reuse -- Soils -- Erosion prevention and control -- Soil health and integrity -- Air quality and microclimate -- Living resources -- Living resources conservation plan -- Preserving and restoring habitat -- Buffering critical habitat -- Landscape connectivity -- Road placement and design -- Native species and landscape heterogeneity -- Selected resources for identifying native and invasive species -- Energy -- Industrial ecology and materials -- Environmental engineering -- Erosion prevention and control -- Stormwater management : runoff quality and quantity -- Renewable energy -- Computer models -- Different paths to sustainability -- Case studies -- Points checklist -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
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"Published simultaneously in Canada"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-225) and index.

Introduction -- Water -- Site drainage -- Impervious surfaces -- Stormwater quality -- Water conservation and reuse -- Soils -- Erosion prevention and control -- Soil health and integrity -- Air quality and microclimate -- Living resources -- Living resources conservation plan -- Preserving and restoring habitat -- Buffering critical habitat -- Landscape connectivity -- Road placement and design -- Native species and landscape heterogeneity -- Selected resources for identifying native and invasive species -- Energy -- Industrial ecology and materials -- Environmental engineering -- Erosion prevention and control -- Stormwater management : runoff quality and quantity -- Renewable energy -- Computer models -- Different paths to sustainability -- Case studies -- Points checklist -- Glossary -- References -- Index.

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