Design for Sustainability - A Sourcebook of Integrated Ecological Solutions (Hardcover)

"Design for Sustainability" signals the crucial paradigm shift of the 21st Century: the transition from "environmental management" to "systems design" - eco-solutions that integrate social, political, and economic factors and radically reduce resource use, while increasing health, equity and life quality.By using radical and innovative design solutions, everyone could be living in buildings and settlements that are more like gardens than cargo containers, and that purify air and water, generate energy, treat sewage and produce food - at lower cost. This sourcebook presents inspiring and detailed examples of integrated systems design thinking by many of the foremost designers in the field. They cover applications in industrial design, materials, housing design, urban planning and transport, landscape and agriculture, and energy and resource use. They cut across traditional academic and professional boundaries to demonstrate a new transdisciplinary approach to environmental problem solving.The volume makes a very valuable reference and teaching resource in areas from environmental sciences to design and planning. Each of the 14 topics within the field of environmental management and social change have pairs of short readings providing diverse perspectives to compare, contrast and debate. Informational boxes, sets of questions and exercises are also provided.

General

Imprint:	Earthscan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	Janis Birkeland
Dimensions:	265 x 210 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-85383-900-9
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability
LSN:	1-85383-900-0
Barcode:	9781853839009

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