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Informationen zum Autor Carl Smith BSc(Hons) DipLA MA PhD MLI - Visiting Garvan Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Arkansas Andy Clayden BSc DipLA MA - Senior Lecturer, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield Nigel Dunnett BSc MSc PhD - Senior Lecturer, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield Klappentext This valuable resource for developers and designers will help to develop design solutions sympathetic to the environment and improve the sustainability of residential landscapes. The landscapes around housing have a crucial role in creating a more sustainable future with carbon-neutral homes. This book shows how to improve the sustainable profile of new residential developments through landscape planning, design and management - by conserving resources and minimising pollution, and by enhancing ecological diversity. This may be achieved without significant additional capital outlay. The residential landscape sustainability checklist gives housing developers, landscape architects, architects and planners a tool with which to assess the environmental implication of their schemes throughout the design process - from site planning to detailed design. The checklist focuses on residential housing developments but many features of the tool - including improving energy efficiency, materials selection, planting design and management - can also be applied to a wide range of different types of development, from school grounds to retail parks. Zusammenfassung This valuable resource for developers and designers will help to develop design solutions sympathetic to the environment and improve the sustainability of residential landscapes. The landscapes around housing have a crucial role in creating a more sustainable future with carbon-neutral homes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter One: Introduction and Putting Residential Development in a Sustainable Context . IntrodutionDefinitions of sustainable development and sustainable landscape Sustainable development. Sustainable landscape. Sustainable development in English planning and development The key role of housing in sustainable development Current concepts and initiatives for delivering sustainable homes in England. Urban Villages and Millennium Communities BREEAM certified housing. What impact have these initiatives had on delivering sustainable residential Communities? Chapter Two: Opportunities for improving the Sustainable profile of new residential developments. Conservation of resources and minimisation of pollution and waste Energy consumption and microclimate control. The greenhouse effect and energy consumption in the home. Providing wind shelterProviding solar access and shade. Encouraging walking and cycling. Impacts of car use Design of transport routes. Specification and detailed design of hard landscape materials. Embodied energy and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of hard materials Timber sourcing Timber treatment and detailing Relatively sustainable plastic and metal Relatively sustainable non-metal mineral products Lean construction and recovered materials. (Specification and detailed design of soft landscape materials - Vegetation. Life cycle assessment (LCA) of Vegetation Plant production and nursery practices Planting design, implementation and maintenance. Plant Palette and Planting Style. Size of Plant Material. Site conditions and preparation. Integration of existing, established planting. Prohibition of synthetic chemical use for on-site landscape works. Water management. Reduced domestic water consumption Management of surface water runoff. Pollution and Flooding. Amenity and habitat. Sustainable Urb...
