Abstract
As we discussed in the Introduction, there are two components of ARD, amenity and utility. This section of the book presents the amenity side of ARD: the goals, objectives, and techniques a designer might use to make a sustainable stormwater management system into a landscape amenity that celebrates rain, encouraging visitors to learn about, be entertained by, or otherwise enjoy the rainwater-focused landscape. Our hope is that, armed with the cumulative information from this section and part 3, augmented by real-world details from the case study section, designers will have abundant ideas and strategies for their own creation of ARDs.
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This chapter expands on an article that appeared in Landscape Journal (27:2/ISSN 0277–2426), published by the University of Wisconsin Press.
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http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/amenity accessed August 12, 2013.
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Corbin and Strauss (2008).
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Here we focus on the issue of safety from drowning. Other injuries that can be incurred through contact with water (e.g., tripping, slipping, falling) are omitted because they are hazards in any landscape, not exclusive to ARD. Associated danger related to waterborne disease is also omitted, because it has been addressed in common stormwater management design manuals.
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Echols, S., Pennypacker, E. (2015). Achieving Amenity with Artful Rainwater Design. In: Artful Rainwater Design. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-318-8_3
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