The Living Landscape, Second Edition: An Ecological Approach to Landscape Planning

The Living Landscape offers

• a systematic, highly practical approach to landscape planning that maximizes ecological objectives, community service, and citizen participation
• more than 20 challenging case studies that demonstrate how problems were met and overcome, from rural America to large cities
• scores of checklists and step-by-step guides
• hands-on help with practical zoning, land use, and regulatory issues
• coverage of major advances in GIS technology and global sustainability standards
• more than 150 illustrations.

As Steiner emphasizes throughout this book, all of us have a responsibility to the Earth and to our fellow residents on this planet to plan with vision. We are merely visiting this planet, he notes; we should leave good impressions.

• Site Analysis: A Contextual Approach to Sustainable Land Planning and Site Design
• Construction Contracts
• Sustainability and Design Ethics
• Site Planning and Design Handbook, Second Edition
• The Sustainable Sites Handbook: A Complete Guide to the Principles, Strategies, and Best Practices for Sustainable Landscapes
• Site Analysis: Informing Context-Sensitive and Sustainable Site Planning and Design
• Design with Nature
• Planning and Urban Design Standards
• Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards
• The Professional Practice of Landscape Architecture: A Complete Guide to Starting and Running Your Own Firm