“Sustainability implies that the use of energy and materials in an urban area be in balance with what the region can supply continuously through natural processes such as photosynthesis, biological decomposition and the biochemical processes that support life. The immediate implications of this principle are a vastly reduced energy budget for cities, and a smaller, more compact urban pattern interspersed with productive areas to collect energy, grow crops for food, fiber and energy, and recycle wastes.”
How this concept is to be implemented is what this book is about. It isn’t just talk; there are case studies and lots of eminently practical ideas here, complete with the economics. The call to action is backed philosophically by seven essays from authors such as Paul Hawken and John Todd. Solid and timely, the book is a recipe for what we can and probably must do.
[J. Baldwin, The Essential Whole Earth Catalog, p.113]

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Introduction
Part One: Case Studies
The Urban Context
The Suburban Context
The New Suburban Fabric
Part Two: The Context for Sustainable Design
The Mass and Information Economy
Design as if People Mattered
Local Self Reliance
Architecture and Biology
etc...

出版年：1991年
言語：英語
ページ数：238ページ
サイズ：21m×28cm×1.5cm

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