| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages) : illustrations |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-263) and index. |
| Contents |
Designing Eco-solutions -- Education for Eco-innovation -- Centrality of Design -- Green Philosophy -- Responsible Design -- Concepts of Growth and Waste -- Limits to Growth and Design of Settlements -- Redefining Progress -- Designing Waste -- Designing for Durability -- Industrial, Urban and Construction Ecology -- Industrial Ecology -- Urban Ecology -- Construction Ecology -- Pollution Prevention by Design -- Design within Complex Social Systems -- Complexity and the Urban Environment -- Unified Human Community Ecology -- Bionic Method in Industrial Design -- Green Theory in the Construction Fields -- Permaculture and Landscape Design -- Permaculture and Design Education -- Sustainable Landscape -- Place, Community Values and Planning -- Playgardens and Community Development -- Values Embodied in and Reinforced by Design -- Urban Forms and the Dominant Paradigm -- Models of Ecological Housing -- Marketing-led Design -- Gender and Product Semantics -- Design for Community Building and Health -- ESD and 'Sense of Community' -- Sustainability and Aboriginal Housing -- Indoor Air Quality in Housing -- Beyond the Chemical Barrier -- Productivity, Land and Transport Efficiency -- Greening the Workplace -- Sustainable Personal Urban Transport -- From Sub-urbanism to Eco-cities -- Density, Environment and the City -- Design with Less Energy, Materials and Waste -- Living Technologies -- Housing Wastewater Solutions -- Autonomous Servicing -- Timber Waste Minimisation by Design. |
| Summary |
Ecological principles and concepts are becoming increasingly integrated into our everyday lives, influencing where and how we live. This book is an inspiring, radical and detailed collection of the eco-solutions that can be applied to a range of design challenges. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ecological engineering.
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Ecological engineering. |
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Sustainable development.
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Sustainable development. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Birkeland, Janis, 1945- Design for sustainability. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, ©2002 (DLC) 2002000385 (OCoLC)48811134 |
| ISBN |
9781849770958 (electronic book) |
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1849770956 (electronic book) |
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1417521759 (electronic book) |
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9781417521753 (electronic book) |
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9781136568411 (electronic book) |
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1136568417 (electronic book) |
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9781601196996 (electronic book) |
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1601196997 (electronic book) |
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1280475757 |
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9781280475757 |
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1853839000 |
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9781853839009 |
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1853838977 |
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9781853838972 |
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