329A–344A
Building with the environment in mind includes creating fewer thoroughly impervious surfaces, such as the one shown here. Art director Rhonda Saunders created the collage with images from Photodisc and provided by the Maryland State Highway Administration.
Feature
Green Engineering Principles Promote Low-Impact Development
How do we accommodate the needs of a growing population yet minimize negative impacts on the environment and local ecology? Low-impact development (LID) integrates environmental concerns with land development, focusing on water and pollutant balances. Also known by other names, such as environmentally sensitive design, LID represents a fundamental change in the way residential, commercial, and institutional properties are developed. Allen P. Davis at the University of Maryland explains the benefits and drawbacks of this concept.
News
Visit ES&T’s free Online News Site to read the most recent news.
Congressman asks to see raw data
The scientific peer-review process is called into question.
Predicting beach bacterial counts
A new method is estimated to increase accuracy sixfold.
Pesticides, natural stressors trip up tadpoles
The impact of pesticides may be underestimated because synergistic effects are overlooked in classical toxicity tests.
News Briefs
- NAS perchlorate recommendation questioned
- ·
- Advances in green chemistry
News Section PDF
A PDF containing all of this issue's news stories and briefs.
