Double-Duty for Infrastructure

Landscape Infrastructure: Case Studies by SWA is a new book that illustrates ways infrastructure can serve double duty for underused spaces like drainage canals, electricity transmission corridors, remnant spaces around freeways, on- and off-ramps and alleyways (see ''Green Alleys: How Chicago's Pilot Program Seeks to Alleviate Flooding,'' by Erin Fiegel, ASLA, LASN Nov. 2008 issue, www.landscapearchitect.com/research/article/11357).

The book examines new and ecologically sustainable approach with essays by well-known experts in the field, and also documents 13 international examples.

The book is available at www.amazon.com/Landscape-Infrastructure-Case-Studies-SWA/dp/3034605935