This course provides guidelines to assure that landscape planting and vegetation management provide aesthetic and environmental benefits.
This course provides guidelines to assure that landscape planting and vegetation management provide aesthetic and environmental benefits without compromising the reliability of levees, floodwalls, embankment dams, and appurtenant structures. The dimensions of the vegetation-free and root-free zones defined in this document provide the minimum acceptable buffer between vegetation and flood damage reduction structures.
Topics: • Landscape planting: objectives and engineering requirements • Vegetation-free zone and vegetation-management zone • Root impacts and root-free zone • Treatment of levees, floodwalls, embankment dams, and appurtenant structures • Design considerations: feasibility analysis, planting berms, planters, irrigation systems, flood-fighting and structure maintenance • Maintenance of plantings, selection of plant material, and appropriate ground cover in the vegetation-free zone • Borrow sites, spoil sites, vegetation-related maintenance and repair, and operations and maintenance manual • Removal of non-compliant vegetation
Intended Audience: Construction, Civil, Structural, Hydraulic, and other engineers whose job description may require an intermediate knowledge of the design / maintenance of levees, floodwalls, embankment dams, and appurtenant structures.
Publication Source: US Corp of Engineers
Civil Engneering faculty member for 27 years
Dr. Rossow is a graduate of the University of Michigan with B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Illinois. He taught civil engineering for over 35 years, including six years at Washington University in St. Louis and 29 years at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where he was the Chair of the Civil Engineering Department for ten years. His areas of expertise are in civil engineering and mechanics. He has consulted for various organizations, including government agencies and an international offshore drilling company. He has published numerous technical journal articles and technical reports for a variety of governmental agencies and private sector organizations. Mark P. Rossow, PE, PhD Licensed Professional Engineer in State of Illinois License No. 062.040560 Dr. Rossow is a graduate of the University of Michigan with B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees. He taught civil engineering for over 35 years, including six years at Washington University in St. Louis and 29 years at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where he was the Chair of the Civil Engineering Department for ten years. His areas of expertise are in civil engineering and mechanics. He has consulted for various organizations, including government agencies and an international offshore drilling company. He has published many journal articles and technical reports.
