General & Miscellaneous Architecture, Environmental Engineering - General & Miscellaneous, Sustainable Development
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Overview
With 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. Birkeland introduces systems design thinking that cuts across academic and professional boundaries and the divide between social and physical sciences to move towards a transdiciplinary approach to environmental and social problem-solving. This sourcebook is useful for teaching, as each topic within the field of environmental management and social change has pairs of short readings providing diverse perspectives to compare, contrast and debate.Design for Sustainability presents examples of integrated systems design based on ecological principles and concepts and drawn from the foremost designers in the fields of industrial design, materials, housing design, urban planning and transport, landscape and permaculture, and energy and resource management.
Synopsis
With 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. Birkeland introduces systems design thinking that cuts across academic and professional boundaries and the divide between social and physical sciences to move towards a transdiciplinary approach to environmental and social problem-solving. This sourcebook is useful for teaching, as each topic within the field of environmental management and social change has pairs of short readings providing diverse perspectives to compare, contrast and debate. Design for Sustainability presents examples of integrated systems design based on ecological principles and concepts and drawn from the foremost designers in the fields of industrial design, materials, housing design, urban planning and transport, landscape and permaculture, and energy and resource management.Editorials
Environmental Awareness
an inspiring, radical and detailed collection of the eco-solutions that can be applied to a range of design challenges ... an invaluable reference and teaching resource for practitioners and academics.International Network for Traditional Building
Part theoretical textbook, part manual, this sourcebook provides a valuable point of reference for all those striving to achieve a greater sustainability in their design and development work...In reflecting the complexity and inter-disciplinary skills and expertise that need to be mustered to actively address issues of sustainable design the book is packed with tables, lists of indicators, principles, checklists and references that lead the reader on through each topic. The structure of the book, true to the nature of a sourcebook, favours regular reference and referral on specific topics rather than a single 'linear' cover-to-cover read. "Design for Sustainability" should enjoy a long shelf life. It makes a valuable contribution in advancing the practice of sustainable design from a periphery activity to a core discipline.From The Critics
Birkeland (science and design, U. of Canberra), a former San Francisco city planner and environmental attorney, provides for education in alternative systems design for the built environment. She treats such concepts as the sustainable landscape, pollution prevention by design, values-imbued permaculture, and low impact housing with bamboo, strawbale, even hemp. Includes chapter questions, projects, progress indicator checklists, and a glossary. Distributed in the US by Stylus. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
May 4, 2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Pages
288
ISBN
9781136568404