Positive Development
eBook - ePub

Positive Development

From Vicious Circles to Virtuous Cycles through Built Environment Design

  1. 432 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Positive Development

From Vicious Circles to Virtuous Cycles through Built Environment Design

About this book

Janis Birkeland presents the innovative new paradigm of 'Positive Development' in which the built environment provides greater life quality, health, amenity and safety for all without sacrificing resources or money. With a different form of design, development itself can become a 'sustainability solution'. A cornerstone of this new paradigm is the eco-retrofitting of the vast urban fabric we already inhabit. The author presents a revolutionary new tool called SmartMode to achieve this end. This book challenges everyone working in or studying the areas of sustainable development, planning, architecture or the built environment to rethink their current ideas and practices.

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Information

Year
2012
Print ISBN
9781844075799
eBook ISBN
9781136559440

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Figures and Tables
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Reader’s Map
  10. Introduction: Sustainability versus Negativity
  11. Section A: REDEFINING THE PROBLEM AND GOALS
  12. Section B: CRITIQUE OF METHODS, TOOLS AND PROCESSES IN BUILDING DESIGN
  13. Section C: CRITIQUE OF METHODS, TOOLS AND PROCESSES IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
  14. Section D: CRITIQUE OF TRENDS IN STRATEGIES, INCENTIVES AND PLANNING
  15. Section E: A FRAMEWORK FOR ECO-GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
  16. Section F: BOXES
  17. Glossary
  18. Notes
  19. Biographies of Contributors
  20. Index