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Analysis of Current and Regionally Appropriate Landscaping for Harvey Mudd College

Table of Contents

Title page

Abstract

1. Sponsors

1.1. Harvey Mudd College
1.2. Three Valleys Municipal Water District

2. Project Statement

3. Background

3.1. Water Use in Western America
3.2. Water use in Southern California and Claremont
3.3. Fertilizer use
3.4. Herbicide and pesticide use
3.5. Energy use
3.6. Claremont and Harvey Mudd College
3.7. Campus Description

4. Experimental Garden

4.1. Motivation
4.2. Description

5. Environmental Analysis

5.1. Water Use
5.2. Fertilizer Use
5.3. Pesticide Use
5.4. Energy Budget

6. Social Analysis

6.1. Land Use
6.2. Aesthetic Survey
6.3. Aesthetic Survey Method
6.4. Aesthetic Survey Results and Discussion
6.5. Further Discussion
6.6. Conclusions

7. Economic Analysis

7.1. Preliminary Economic Analysis for HMC Campus Landscaping
7.2. Alternative Scenario for Landscaping at Harvey Mudd College
7.3. Hidden Costs of Landscaping at Harvey Mudd College

8. Types of Alternative Landscapes

9. Recommendations

10. Suggestions for further study

10.1. Environmental Analysis
10.2. Social Analysis
10.3. Economic Analysis

11. Acknowledgments

12. Appendices

1. Campus Landscape Map
2. Method for Finding Water Use of Landscape
3. Watering Needs of Lawn Under Different Plans
4. How New Water Plan Numbers Were Decided
5. Finding Landscape Coefficient and Watering Needs of Experimental Garden
6. Groundwater Analysis Materials and Methods
7. Calculation of Amount of Nitrogen Fertilization
8. Calculation of Energy Budget for Lawns and Experimental Plot
9. Survey Question Draft
10. Final Draft of Survey
11. Survey Coding and Results
12. Calculation of Current Economic Costs of Landscape
13. Calculation of Costs for Alternative Scenario
14. Plants Suitable for Southwest Landscaping
15. Plants Found on the Harvey Mudd Campus
16. Budget

13. References

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