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The Leading Guide To Site Design And Engineering-- Revised And Updated

Site Engineering for Landscape Architects is the top choice for site engineering, planning, and construction courses as well as for practitioners in the field, with easy-to-understand coverage of the principles and techniques of basic site engineering for grading, drainage, earthwork, and road alignment. The Sixth Edition has been revised to address the latest developments in landscape architecture while retaining an accessible approach to complex concepts.

The book offers an introduction to landform and the language of its design, and explores the site engineering concepts essential to practicing landscape architecture today--from interpreting landform and contour lines, to designing horizontal and vertical road alignments, to construction sequencing, to designing and sizing storm water management systems. Integrating design with construction and implementation processes, the authors enable readers to gain a progressive understanding of the material.

This edition contains completely revised information on storm water management and green infrastructure, as well as many new and updated case studies. It also includes updated coverage of storm water management systems design, runoff calculations, and natural resource conservation. Graphics throughout the book have been revised to bring a consistent, clean approach to the illustrations.

Perfect for use as a study guide for the most difficult section of the Landscape Architect Registration Exam (LARE) or as a handy professional reference, Site Engineering for Landscape Architects, Sixth Edition gives readers a strong foundation in site development that is environmentally sensitive and intellectually stimulating.

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• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Site Engineering IS Design
• Why Is an Understanding of This Material Important?
• The Design Language of Site Engineering
• Summary
• 2 Grading Constraints
• Environmental Constraints
• Functional Constraints
• Summary of Critical Constraints
• 3 Contours and Form
• Definition
• Constructing a Section
• Characteristics of Contour Lines
• Contour Signatures and Landform
• Case Studies
• 4 Interpolation and Slope
• Topographic Data
• Interpolation
• Calculating Slope
• Slopes Expressed as Ratios and Degrees
• Slope Analysis
• 5 Grading of Simple Design Elements
• Grading of Linear Elements
• Grading by Proportion
• Visualizing Topography from Contour Lines
• Grading of Planar Areas
• Swales to Divert Runoff
• Area Grading Process
• 6 Grading Process
• Introduction
• Applying the Grading Process
• Grading Plan Graphics
• 7 Soils in Construction
• Role of Soil in Site Planning
• Implications of Soils for Site Construction
• Geotechnical Exploration and Soil Investigation
• Soil Characteristics
• Soil Classification
• Engineering Properties of Soils
• Structural Soils
• Structured Soil Volumes
• Lightweight Soils
• Geotextiles
• Construction Sequence for Grading
• Placing and Compacting Soils
• Earthwork Specifications
• 8 Earthwork
• Definitions
• Grading Operations
• Computation of Cut-and-Fill Volumes
• Case Study
• 9 Storm Water Management
• Storm Runoff
• Hydrologic Cycle
• Nature of the Problem
• Management Philosophy
• System Functions
• Storm Water Management Strategies
• Beyond Storm Water Management
• Summary
• 10 Storm Water Management System Components
• Traditional Storm Water Management System Components
• Principles and Techniques
• Infiltration Systems
• Detention Systems
• Rainwater Harvesting Systems
• Constructed Treatment Wetlands
• Green Roofs
• Bioretention Systems
• Landscape Practices
• Future Developments: Net Zero Water and Integrated Water Management
• Case Studies
• 11 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
• Introduction
• Regulatory Requirements
• Soil Erosion Factors
• Erosion and Sedimentation
• Processes
• Erosion and Sediment Control
• Principles
• Development of an Erosion and Sediment Control Plan
• Runoff Considerations
• Construction Sequencing
• Erosion Control Measures
• Sediment Control Measures
• Case Studies
• Summary
• 12 Determining Rates and Volumes of Storm Runoff: The Rational and Modified Rational Methods
• Introduction
• Rational Method
• Modified Rational Method
• Volumes of Runoff, Storage, and Release
• Required Storage for Detention or Retention Ponds by the Modified Rational Method
• Summary
• 13 Natural Resources Conservation Service Methods of Estimating Runoff Rates, Volumes, and Required Detention Storage
• Introduction
• Rainfall
• Procedures of TR
• Volume for Detention Storage
• Summary
• 14 Designing and Sizing Storm Water Management Systems
• Management Systems
• Design and Layout of Drainage Systems
• Designing and Sizing Grassed Swales (Waterways)
• Designing and Sizing Piped Systems
• Designing and Sizing Subsurface Drainage
• Designing and Sizing Rainwater Harvesting Systems
• Designing and Sizing Integrated Water Management Systems
• Summary
• 15 Site Layout and Dimensioning
• Hierarchy of Dimensioning
• Dimensioning Guidelines
• Horizontal Layout Methods
• Layout Plans
• 16 Horizontal Road Alignment
• Types of Horizontal Curves
• Circular Curve Elements
• Circular Curve Formulas
• Degree of Curve
• Stationing
• Horizontal Sight Distance
• Construction Drawing Graphics
• Horizontal Alignment Procedures
• Superelevation
• Case Study
• 17 Vertical Road Alignment
• Vertical Curve Formula
• Equal Tangent Curves
• Calculating the Locations of High and Low Points
• Unequal Tangent Curves
• Construction Drawing Graphics
• Vertical Sight Distances
• Road Alignment Procedure
• Appendix I Table of Metric Equivalents
• Appendix II Metric Drawing Scales
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

The late STEVEN STROM, FASLA, was Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

KURT NATHAN, MS, PE, is Professor Emeritus at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and was formerly a consulting engineer for Conservation Engineering.

JAKE WOLAND, ASLA, is a landscape architect with HEWITT in Seattle, Washington. He previously taught at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.