The Sustainable Sites Handbook: A Complete Guide to the Principles, Strategies, and Best Practices for Sustainable Landscapes

Meg Calkins is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at Ball State University. As an officer of ASLA's Sustainable Development Professional Practice Network, Meg was part of a small team that approached ASLA about forming the effort that eventually grew into the Sustainable Sites Initiative. Today, Meg is a member of the SITES Technical Core Committee. She served for many years on the LEED Sustainable Sites Technical Advisory Group. Meg is the author of Materials for Sustainable Sites and is an editorial advisory board member of and contributor to Landscape Architecture Graphic Standards, both published by Wiley. She holds master's degrees in both landscape architecture and architecture from the University of California at Berkeley.

Foreword. Partnership Letter from SITES. Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Pre-Design: Site Selection, Assessment, and Planning. Chapter 3. Site Design: Water. Chapter 4. Site Design: Vegetation. Chapter 5. Site Design: Soils. Chapter 6. Site Design: Materials and Resources. Chapter 7. Human Health and Well-being for Sustainable Sites. Chapter 8. Operations, Maintenance, Monitoring, and Stewardship. Resources.