Fleming, Rob
Sustainable Design for the Built Environment
- ISBN 13:
- 9781032510828
- author:
- Fleming, Rob
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Routledge
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 300
- Dimensions:
- 24.6 x 17.4 x 1.7 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Science, Nature, Ecology,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Sustainable Design for the Built Environment marks a significant shift towards sustainable design as a mainstream approach to creating a healthy and resilient built environment. This comprehensive textbook introduces sustainable design in an accessible format, making it easy to understand and apply.
The new edition includes updated exercises, online resources, and expanded international examples, perspectives, and approaches, showcasing diverse and inclusive design practices. The book delves into the foundations of sustainable design, exploring its social, cultural, ecological, and aesthetic aspects alongside traditional performance-driven goals.
With a holistic and integrative approach, this textbook covers topics such as biophilia, biomimicry, adaptation, resilience, health, and well-being, including recent developments following the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides a systems thinking approach to sustainable design, demonstrating how it can be applied at various scales.
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