Book ID: 92535
Ryn, Sim van der and Stuart Cowan
Ecological Design. Tenth Anniversary Edition. 2007. illustr. 230 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
Using examples from architecture, industrial ecology, sustainable agriculture, ecological wastewater treatment, and many other fields,this book provides a framework for integrating human design with livingsystems. Drawing on complex systems, ecology, and early examples ofgreen building and design, the book challenges us to go further,creating buildings, infrastructures, and landscapes that are trulyrestorative rather than merely diminishing the rate at which things aregetting worse. A hardcover edition is available as well.