Landscape Irrigation: Design and Management - Hardcover

Smith, Stephen W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471038245 ISBN 13: 9780471038245

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1996

Synopsis

A total, all-in-one guide to modern landscape irrigationstrategies, techniques, and hardware

Landscape Irrigation is designed to function as both a professionalreference and a junior- to senior-level text for students oflandscape architecture, landscape design, and turf management. Itis also an excellent study guide for young professionals preparingto take the LARE. Emphasizing water-conserving irrigation designthroughout, author Stephen Smith covers all the bases, providingin-depth coverage of:
* Irrigation methods and components
* Drawing techniques and presentation
* Sprinkler and drip irrigation methods and hardware
* Pipe characteristics and hydraulics
* Control systems
* CSI irrigation specifications

Throughout Landscape Irrigation you will find many informativeexamples of irrigation strategies now employed around the world.Corresponding hydraulic reference data for all the examples arecontained in a separate appendix for easy reference.

Landscape Irrigation is an indispensable tool-of-the-trade forlandscape architects, landscape contractors, irrigationprofessionals, and turfgrass and golf course managers.

About this title

About the Author

STEPHEN W. SMITH is a member of the Irrigation Association, President-elect of the American Society of Irrigation Consultants, and President of Aqua Engineering, Inc., a Colorado-based firm specializing in water-conserving irrigation system design. He also teaches in the Chemical and Bioresource Engineering Department at Colorado State University.

From the Back Cover

A total, all-in-one guide to modern landscape irrigation strategies, techniques, and hardware

Landscape Irrigation is designed to function as both a professional reference and a junior- to senior-level text for students of landscape architecture, landscape design, and turf management. It is also an excellent study guide for young professionals preparing to take the LARE. Emphasizing water-conserving irrigation design throughout, author Stephen Smith covers all the bases, providing in-depth coverage of:

• Irrigation methods and components
• Drawing techniques and presentation
• Sprinkler and drip irrigation methods and hardware
• Pipe characteristics and hydraulics
• Control systems
• CSI irrigation specifications

Throughout Landscape Irrigation you will find many informative examples of irrigation strategies now employed around the world. Corresponding hydraulic reference data for all the examples are contained in a separate appendix for easy reference.

Landscape Irrigation is an indispensable tool-of-the-trade for landscape architects, landscape contractors, irrigation professionals, and turfgrass and golf course managers.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471038245
• ISBN 13: 9780471038245
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240