Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development (Wiley Series in Sustainable Design) - Hardcover

Lyle, John Tillman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471555827 ISBN 13: 9780471555827

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1994

Synopsis

Landscape Architecture

Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development Winner, 1994 Merit Award for Communications, American Society of Landscape Architects

"Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development is nothing less than a user′s manual for planet Earth that integrates the principles of ecological design with practical realities better than anything I′ve read. John Lyle has written the best book now available on the theory and practice of sustainability . . . essential reading for natural resource professionals, architects, planners, educators, environmentalists, and the general public." ––David W. Orr, Professor and Chair Environmental Studies Program, Oberlin College.

"John Lyle has written a splendid book, Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development. It is perfectly topical; it is committed to the unity of art and science, design and planning, man and nature. It is itself exemplary, and it is a repository of exemplary adaptations. It has carried the environmental movement to a new threshold of ecological planning and design. It should be widely read and employed." ––Ian L. McHarg, FASLA.

"In these times of widespread urban stress and regional disruption, the cogent thoughts of John Tillman Lyle on sustainable cities are on target and highly constructive. They are must reading for planning professionals and all concerned citizens." ––John Ormsbee Simonds, FASLA.

"More designers need to broaden their horizons in the way John Lyle has put forth in this book. In general, there are far too few land planners, landscape architects, or architects who have any working procedure that approximates what sustainable design entails. This book provides important historical background and contemporary experience to help guide the way."––Pliny Fisk III, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems.

From the despoliation of our rivers and lakes by industrial runoff to the destruction of our atmosphere by sulphur emissions and CFCs, production cycles based on a one–way flow of materials and energy have pushed us to the brink of environmental collapse. It is time for a change, and in this groundbreaking book, John Tillman Lyle offers us a blueprint for implementing that change.

This book provides civil engineers, architects, land development planners, and others with practical, realistic approaches to reversing this deadly course. Throughout, the emphasis is on proven regenerative practices for water use, land use, energy use, and building design. Most importantly, it provides ways to reestablish connections between people and nature, between art and science, and between technology and daily life.

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Winner, 1994 Merit Award for Communications, American Society of Landscape Architects.

From the despoliation of our rivers and lakes by industrial runoff to the destruction of our atmosphere by sulphur emissions and CFCs, production cycles based on a one–way flow of materials and energy have pushed us to the brink of environmental collapse. It is time for a change, and in this groundbreaking book, John Tillman Lyle offers us a blueprint for implementing that change.

This book provides civil engineers, architects, land development planners, and others with practical, realistic approaches to reversing this deadly course. Throughout, the emphasis is on proven regenerative practices for water use, land use, energy use, and building design. Most importantly, it provides ways to reestablish connections between people and nature, between art and science, and between technology and daily life.

"Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development is nothing less than a user′s manual for planet Earth that integrates the principles of ecological design with practical realities better than anything I′ve read. John Lyle has written the best book now available on the theory and practice of sustainability . . . essential reading for natural resource professionals, architects, planners, educators, environmentalists, and the general public." David W. Orr, Professor and Chair Environmental Studies Program, Oberlin College.

"John Lyle has written a splendid book, Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development. It is perfectly topical; it is committed to the unity of art and science, design and planning, man and nature. It is itself exemplary, and it is a repository of exemplary adaptations. It has carried the environmental movement to a new threshold of ecological planning and design. It should be widely read and employed." Ian L. McHarg, FASLA.

"In these times of widespread urban stress and regional disruption, the cogent thoughts of John Tillman Lyle on sustainable cities are on target and highly constructive. They are must reading for planning professionals and all concerned citizens." John Ormsbee Simonds, FASLA.

"More designers need to broaden their horizons in the way John Lyle has put forth in this book. In general, there are far too few land planners, landscape architects, or architects who have any working procedure that approximates what sustainable design entails. This book provides important historical background and contemporary experience to help guide the way." Pliny Fisk III, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems.

Synopsis

200 years of global industrialization has created unprecedented human wealth, however the system that has created that wealth is based on a one-way flow of materials and energy (from source through consumption to waste) that has pushed the Earth to the brink of environmental crisis. This book provides methods for reversing these trends, in practical, realistic ways. It examines the use of energy, water, land and building design, and presents ways to create regenerative alternatives to consumptive practices.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0471555827
• ISBN 13: 9780471555827
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 338