| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Designing Eco-solutions -- Education for Eco-innovation -- The Centrality of Design -- Green Philosophy -- Responsible Design -- The 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 -- The Bionic Method in Industrial Design -- Green Theory in the Construction Fields -- Permaculture and Landscape Design -- Permaculture and Design Education -- The 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-263) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ecological engineering.
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Sustainable development.
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sustainable development.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
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Ecological engineering
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Sustainable development
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781849770958 |
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1849770956 |
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1417521759 |
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9781417521753 |
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9781136568411 |
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1136568417 |
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9781601196996 |
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1601196997 |
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1280475757 |
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9781280475757 |
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9781136568367 |
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1136568360 |
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9781136568404 |
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1136568409 |
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9786610475759 |
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661047575X |
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6000003021 |
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9786000003029 |
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