The handbook of design for sustainability / edited by Stuart Walker and Jacques Giard ; managing editor, Helen L. Walker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walker, Stuart, 1955- editor.

Giard, Jacques, editor.

Walker, Helen L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (577 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Education, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sustainability has emerged as a central issue for contemporary societies and for the world community as a whole. Furthermore, many of the social and environmental concerns that are embodied in the term 'sustainability' are directly or indirectly related to design. Designers help to define our human made environment - how it is produced, how it is used, and how long it endures. Despite some forty years of development and increased awareness of the critical relationships that exist between design decisions and modes of production, energy use, environmental impacts, the nature of work and human e

Contents:

Historical and Theoretical Perspectives

Methods and Approaches

Sustainability In Practice

Emerging Directions and Sustainable Futures.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781472539014

147253901X

9781472539038

1472539036