{"product_id":"reshaping-the-built-environment-charles-j-kibert-9781559637022","title":"Reshaping the Built Environment: Ecology, Ethics, and Economics","description":"\u003cp\u003eBecause of the profound effects of the built environment on the availability of natural resources for future generations, those involved with designing, creating, operating, renovating, and demolishing human structures have a vital role to play in working to put society on a path toward sustainability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume presents the thinking of leading academics and professionals in planning, civil engineering, economics, ecology, architecture, landscape architecture, construction, and related fields who are seeking to discover ways of creating a more sustainable built environment. Contributors address the broad range of issues involved, offering both insights and practical examples. In the book: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStephen Kellert describes the scope of the looming ecological crisis \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHerman Daly explains the unsustainability of the world's economic system and the dangers inherent in the current movement toward globalization \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Todd describes the evolution of wastewater processing systems inspired by natural systems \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Tillman Lyle discusses the importance of landscape in the creation of the human environment \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRandall Arendt argues for a fundamental shift in land development patterns that would not only provide for more green space in new developments, but would also increase the profitability of developers and the quality of life for new home owners \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThomas E. Graedel proposes the application of lessons learned from the emerging science of industrial ecology to the creation of \"green\" building.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e While the transition to sustainability will not be easy, natural systems provide abundant models of architecture, engineering, production, and waste conversion that can be used in rethinking the human habitat and its interconnections. This volume provides insights that can light the way to a new era in which a reshaped built environment will not only provide improved human living conditions, but will also protect and respect the earth's essential natural life-support systems and resources.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles J. Kibert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1559637021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559637022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Island Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.89d","brand":"Charles J. Kibert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447915196671,"sku":"9781559637022","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_87718175-6c06-49b9-970b-7b7c65a7fb3e.jpg?v=1777235675","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reshaping-the-built-environment-charles-j-kibert-9781559637022","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}