Bruce K. Ferguson
Bruce K. Ferguson is an American landscape architect, author, and educator. He is known for his research in environmental landscape technologies and their integration in urban design, and in particular for his work on permeable paving and stormwater management.[1]
Education and career
[edit]Ferguson earned the AB degree from Dartmouth College and the MLA (Master of Landscape Architecture) from the University of Pennsylvania in the department led by Ian L. McHarg. He practiced landscape architecture full-time for five years in the Pittsburgh area, and then taught for two years at Pennsylvania State University while serving as Faculty Advisor in the United States Bureau of Mines Environmental Protection Division on amelioration of acid mine drainage from abandoned coal mines. In 1982 he began teaching at the University of Georgia, where he eventually became Dan B. Franklin Distinguished Professor of Landscape Architecture.[2]
Ferguson is Past President of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.[3]
Recognition
[edit]Ferguson is the 1992 winner of the Bradford Williams Medal for the year's best-written article in Landscape Architecture.[4] He was elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects in 1994.[5] The Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture elected him as a Fellow in 2010, and in the same year gave him their Outstanding Educator Award.[6]
Books
[edit]- Porous Pavements, Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-8493-2670-7[7]
- Introduction to Stormwater: Concept, Purpose, Design, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1998, ISBN 978-0-471-16528-6[8]
- Stormwater Infiltration, Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers, 1994, ISBN 0-87371-987-5
- On-Site Stormwater Management: Applications for Landscape and Engineering, with Thomas N. Debo, PDA Publishers, 1987, 2nd ed., Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1990, ISBN 9780442001162[9]
References
[edit]- ^ McIntyre, Linda (March 2007), "Porous Pavement Man: Stormwater management expert Bruce Ferguson gives landscape architects more tools to improve the built environment" (PDF), Shared Wisdom, Landscape Architecture, pp. 110–115
- ^ "Foundation Funded Chairs and Professorships" (PDF), Annual Report, University of Georgia Foundation, p. 20, 2010, archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-16, retrieved 2018-09-09
- ^ Tunney, Kathleen Webb (2001), "Innovative Stormwater Design: The Role of the Landscape Architect", Stormwater, the Journal for Surface Water Quality Professionals, 2 (1): 30–43, archived from the original on 2018-09-09, retrieved 2018-09-08 – via Forester Media
- ^ Bradford Williams Medal, American Society of Landscape Architects, retrieved 2018-09-08
- ^ ASLA Fellows, American Society of Landscape Architects, retrieved 2018-09-08
- ^ Awards, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, 25 July 2016, retrieved 2018-09-08
- ^ "Book Review: A New Bible Guides Permeable Pavement Applications", Interlocking Concrete Pavement Magazine, pp. 24, 26, August 2005
- ^ Greene, G. E. (April 1999), "Book Review: Introduction to Stormwater: Concept, Purpose, Design", Journal of Hydrology, 217 (1): 166–167, Bibcode:1999JHyd..217..166G, doi:10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00296-0
- ^ Ahern, Jack (Spring 1991), "Review of On-Site Stormwater Management", Landscape Journal, 10 (1): 78–80, doi:10.3368/lj.10.1.78, JSTOR 43324078, S2CID 115111307
Further reading
[edit]- Roberta Baxter, Integrating Stormwater into the Landscape, Stormwater, September–October, 2004.
External links
[edit]- University of Georgia College of Environment and Design
- Design Workshop
- Bruce K. Ferguson publications indexed by Google Scholar
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