| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 550 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Historical and Theoretical Perspectives -- Methods and Approaches -- Sustainability In Practice -- Emerging Directions and Sustainable Futures. |
| Summary |
Sustainability has emerged as a central issue for contemporary societies and for the world community as a whole. Furthermore, many of the social and environmental concerns that are embodied in the term 'sustainability' are directly or indirectly related to design. Designers help to define our human made environment - how it is produced, how it is used, and how long it endures. Despite some forty years of development and increased awareness of the critical relationships that exist between design decisions and modes of production, energy use, environmental impacts, the nature of work and human e. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sustainable design.
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Sustainable design. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Walker, Stuart, 1955- editor.
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Giard, Jacques, editor.
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Walker, Helen L., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Handbook of design for sustainability. New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013 9780857858528 (DLC) 2013005682 (OCoLC)828193779 |
| ISBN |
9781472539014 (electronic book) |
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147253901X (electronic book) |
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9781472539038 (ePDF) |
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1472539036 (ePDF) |
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9780857858528 |
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0857858521 |
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9781472503114 |
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1472503112 |
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