1st Edition

Golf Course Management & Construction Environmental Issues

By James C. Balogh, William J. Walker Copyright 1992
    966 Pages
    by CRC Press

    976 Pages
    by CRC Press

    Golf Course Management & Construction presents a comprehensive summary and assessment of technical and scientific research on the environmental effects of turfgrass system construction and maintenance. Although the book focuses on golf courses, it also discusses turfgrass systems for residential and commercial lawns, parks, and greenways. The book is an excellent introduction to the concepts of nonpoint source environmental impacts of turfgrass management for turfgrass scientists and specialists, landscape and golf course architects, turfgrass system and golf course developers, golf course superintendents, environmental scientists, and land-use regulators.

    1. Background and Overview of Environmental Issues 2. Role and Conservation of Water Resources 3. Environmental Impacts of Turfgrass Fertilization 4. Environmental Impacts of Turfgrass Pesticides 5. Development of Integrated Management Systems for Turfgrass 6. Wildlife and Golf Courses 7. Wetlands and Golf Courses 8. Aquatic and Terrestrial Toxicity Tables

    Biography

    Balogh\, James C.; Walker\, William J.