Sustainable Golf Courses: A Guide to Environmental Stewardship
- ISBN-10
- 047146547X
- ISBN-13
- 9780471465478
- Category
- Architecture / General
- Pages
- 267
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-02
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Author
- Ronald G. Dodson
Description
Sustainable Golf Courses is the most authoritative guidebook on environmental stewardship of planned and existing golf courses available, written by the leading expert and endorsed by the USGA. The book serves as a reference and guide for all who are involved in golf course design, development, and management, and integrates practical, scientifically-based siting, design, and management practices based on accepted principles for sustainability. You'll find detailed case studies and environmental research from the USGA as well as a foreword by Arnold Palmer.
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