Soils for Landscape Development: Selection, Specification and Validation
Publishing Details
Soils for Landscape Development: Selection, Specification and Validation
By (Author) Elke Haege
By (author) Simon Leake
CSIRO Publishing
CSIRO Publishing
18th June 2014
Australia
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Building construction and materials
Soil science and management
Forestry and silviculture
Commercial horticulture
333.95
Physical Properties
192
Width 170mm, Height 245mm
531g
Description
Soils for Landscape Development provides a clear, practical and systematic template for specifying landscape soils based on scientific criteria. The soil specifications provide essential information and a universally applicable method for landscape architects and designers, specification writers, landscape contractors and soil supply companies to ensure quality and fit-for-purpose soils. A strong emphasis is placed on reducing environmental impacts by reuse of on-site soil, promoting appropriate minimal soil intervention, and using recycled products.
Author Bio
Simon Leake is a soil scientist and Director of SESL Australia. He has over 30 years of experience in the analysis, diagnosis, specification and quality assurance of agricultural soils and landscape soil media and has been lecturing and writing in the soil sciences for amenity and environmental horticulture for over 25 years.
Elke Haege is an award winning landscape architect and consulting arborist who is dedicated to the development of and sustainable connection to natural systems.
