Graphic Standards Field Guide to Softscape
Published on 28. October 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-470-42964-8 (ISBN)
Description
Part of Wiley's new Graphic Standard Field Guides series, Graphic Standards Field Guide to Softscape is the reference for the on-the-go professional. The perfect companion to the main Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards, this field guide provides the same standard architectural details and drawings that professionals count on from Graphic Standards, and adds photographs and interpretive information that are essential when outside the office and away from the design desk. The small trim size and durable binding makes it easy for landscape architects and designers to keep this resource on hand when on site, at meetings, or with clients. Organized to follow CSI's MasterFormat, this handy reference helps the landscape architect address a wide variety of practical issues pertaining to softscape including site work, working with Wetlands, irrigation systems, planting, and storm water drainage and structures. A procedural checklist makes sure nothing's missed on site.
Reviews / Votes
"This guide by a recognized authority on landscape architecture, Leonard Hopper, provides quick, definitive answers on the subject in a handy-size volume.... Ideal as a immediate reference at work for professionals, home gardeners, and others dealing with softscape decisions on job sites, this book is highly recommended." (Chicago Botanic Garden, March 2012)More details
Product info
Paperback
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Photos: 150 B&W, 0 Color; Drawings: 1000 B&W, 0 Color; Tables: 150 B&W, 0 Color
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-42964-8 (9780470429648)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
LEONARD J. HOPPER, RLA, FASLA, is Director of Production and Construction Services at Mark K. Morrison Landscape Architecture, PC. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards and Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards, Student Edition and author of Security and Site Design and Graphic Standards Field Guide to Hardscape (all from Wiley). Currently a faculty member at the City College Spitzer School of Architecture, Columbia University, and SUNY Farmingdale in New York, Mr. Hopper is a former president of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the Landscape Architecture Foundation, a technical advisor for the Sustainable Sites Initiative, and a frequent speaker at universities and conferences.
Content
Introduction vii
Part I: Soils and Earth 1
Chapter 1: Soils 3
Soil Overview 4
Soil Assessment 15
Designed Soil Mixes 34
Chapter 2: Earth Stripping and Stockpiling 43
Topsoil Preservation, Stripping, and Stockpiling 44
Chapter 3: Earthworks 51
Construction Damage to Existing Trees 52
Grading 69
Spreading and Grading Topsoil 77
Soil Erosion and Sediment Controls 82
Storm Water Pollution Controls 97
Part II: Planting 107
Chapter 4:Trees 109
Nursery Stock Standards 110
Site Considerations and Tree Selection 118
Tree Selection at the Nursery 142
Soil Amendments 184
Deciduous Tree Planting 189
Evergreen and Conifer Tree Selection and Planting 218
Chapter 5: Shrubs and Groundcovers 223
Shrub Selection and Planting 224
Chapter 6:Turf 237
Considerations and Objectives 238
Chapter 7: Planting in Difficult or Special Situations 277
Tree Planting in Paved Areas 278
Green Roofs 318
Xeriscape 348
Part III: Irrigation 355
Chapter 8: Irrigation and Water Use Efficiency 357
Irrigation Systems 358
Index 413