Site engineering for landscape architects - Strom, Steven; Strom, Steven; Woland, Jake.; Nathan, Kurt. (Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2009)
Site engineering IS design -- Grading constraints -- Contours and form -- Interpolation and slope -- Grading of simple design elements -- Grading process -- Soils in construction -- Earthwork -- Storm water management -- Soil erosion and sediment control -- Determining rates and volumes of storm runoff: the rational and modified rational methods -- Natural resources conservation service methods of estimating runoff rates, volumes, and required detention storage -- Designing and sizing storm water management systems -- Site layout and dimensioning -- Horizontal road alignment -- Vertical road alignment.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-352) and index.
All age.
Keywords: Building sites; Landscape architecture; Landscape construction