Toward ecosystem services as a basis for design

Landscape Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-123

  Windhager, Steven ^a   Steiner, Frederick ^b   Simmons, Mark T ^a   Heymann, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; LEED; Performance based design; Sustainable design; Sustainable sites initiative

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149382109     PISSN: 02772426     EISSN: 15532704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/lj.29.2.107     Document Type: Article

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