Design for Sustainability

In a world where individuals are increasingly mobile, how people from different cultures live together is one of the key issues of the 21st century. There is a growing need for new thinking on how diverse communities can live together in productive harmon

Janis Birkeland was an artist and architect before becoming an urban designer and city planner with the City of San Francisco. She later became an attorney, with a focus on environmental law and planning. Dr Birkeland is presently consulting in the area of urban and regional planning, and teaches in the Division of Science and Design at the University of Canberra

List of illustrations

vii

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

ix

Chapter Outlines

x

Preface

1

(2)

Introduction

3

(4)

Section 1: Designing Eco-solutions

Education for Eco-innovation

7

(6)

The Centrality of Design

13

(7)

Green Philosophy

20

(6)

Responsible Design

26

(7)

Section 2: The Concepts of Growth and Waste

Limits to Growth and Design of Settlements

33

(5)

Redefining Progress

38

(5)

Designing Waste

43

(3)

Designing for Durability

46

(6)

Section 3: Industrial, Urban and Construction Ecology

Industrial Ecology

52

(5)

Urban Ecology

57

(7)

Construction Ecology

64

(5)

Pollution Prevention by Design

69

(5)

Section 4: Design within Complex Social Systems

Complexity and the Urban Environment

74

(4)

Unified Human Community Ecology

78

(6)

The Bionic Method in Industrial Design

84

(5)

Green Theory in the Construction Fields

89

(6)

Section 5: Permaculture and Landscape Design

Permaculture and Design Education

95

(4)

The Sustainable Landscape

99

(6)

Place, Community Values and Planning

105

(4)

Playgardens and Community Development

109

(5)

Section 6: Values Embodied in and Reinforced by Design

Urban Forms and the Dominant Paradigm

114

(5)

Models of Ecological Housing

119

(6)

Marketing-led Design

125

(5)

Gender and Product Semantics

130

(4)

Section 7: Design for Community Building and Health

ESD and `Sense of Community'

134

(4)

Sustainability and Aboriginal Housing

138

(5)

Indoor Air Quality in Housing

143

(5)

Beyond the Chemical Barrier

148

(6)

Section 8: Productivity, Land and Transport Efficiency

Greening the Workplace

154

(4)

Sustainable Personal Urban Transport

158

(6)

From Sub-urbanism to Eco-cities

164

(4)

Density, Environment and the City

168

(5)

Section 9: Design with Less Energy, Materials and Waste

Living Technologies

173

(4)

Housing Wastewater Solutions

177

(5)

Autonomous Servicing

182

(6)

Timber Waste Minimisation by Design

188

(5)

Section 10: Low-impact Housing Design and Materials

Earth Building

193

(4)

Strawbale Construction

197

(4)

Bamboo as a Building Resource

201

(4)

Hemp Architecture

205

(5)

Section 11: Construction and Environmental Regulation

Legislative Environmental Controls

210

(5)

Economic Instruments

215

(6)

Building Codes and Sustainability

221

(4)

Assessing Building Materials

225

(6)

Section 12: Planning and Project Assessment

Planning for Ecological Sustainability

231

(5)

Bioregional Planning

236

(6)

Environmental Management Tools

242

(5)

Limits of Environmental Impact Assessment

247

(5)

Glossary

252

(8)

Bibliography of Contributors

260

(9)

Index

269

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Design for Sustainability

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