Author: Sarah Sorense
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Keywords: sustainable, living, series, planet, troubled, network, accidental
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2009-10-20
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 0596157037
ISBN-13: 9780596157036

The Sustainable Network demonstrates how we can tackle challenges, ranging from energy conservation to economic and social innovation, using the global network--of which the public Internet is just one piece. To help solve a myriad of problems today, author Sarah Sorensen points out that the best tool for enacting change already exists, lying literally at our fingertips. This book demystifies the power of the network, and issues a strong call to action. The Sustainable Network For the first time see your relationship with the global network Can you really save the planet by using the Internet

Author: Stephen J. Coyle
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: sustainable, regions, wiley, series, design, cities, plan, resilient, communities, comprehensive, action, towns
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2011-03-22
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0470536470
ISBN-13: 9780470536476

Authors:Raimund Bleischwitz, Peter Hennicke,
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Keywords: sustainable, esri, development, studies, structure, series, environment, governance, efficiency, regulation, business, towards, eco
Number of Pages: 228
Published: 2004-07-30
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1843766876
ISBN-13: 9781843766872

This book presents important new research on applied eco-efficiency concepts throughout Europe. The aim of eco-efficiency is to achieve market-based measures of environmental protection, in order to enhance the prospects for sustainable development and achieve positive economic and ecological benefits. The distinguished authors discuss a number of themes surrounding eco-efficiency including the necessary conditions for technological dissemination and ecological modernization, and the role of government in enabling businesses and society to participate actively in this process. In particular, t

Authors:David E. Brown, Mindy Fox, Mary Rickel Pelletier,
Publisher: Earth Pledge Foundatio
Keywords: sustainable, series, development, foundation, earth, architecture, papers, pledge
Number of Pages: 324
Published: 2001-02-01
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 0967509912
ISBN-13: 9780967509914

A remarkable collection of vibrant and diverse readings, Sustainable Architecture White Papers explores the critical link between our built and natural environments. Cutting-edge architecture, design, planning, public works, and education leaders illustrate the value of a new architectural strategy. Sustainable Architecture teaches us that when creative processes are used in conjunction with social, cultural, and environmental systems, architecture can meet the aesthetic and practical requirements of today without compromising the needs of future generations. A sample of the contents reveals a

Authors:V. Gruis, H. Visscher, R. Kleinhans, V. Gruis, H. Viss
Publisher: IOS Press
Keywords: sustainable, areas, urban, transformation, neighbourhood, volume
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 2006-12-01
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 1586037188
ISBN-13: 9781586037185

Urban renewal through the large-scale restructuring of post-war neighbourhoods is a major challenge throughout Europe in the decades ahead. Current urban restructuring programs in the Netherlands focus on the demolition and replacement of the existing housing stock. The motivation behind this strategy is creating a better social mix between ’poor’ and ’better-off’ households, to improve the general quality of the housing stock and to create a financially viable restructuring program. The general aim is to improve various aspects of sustainability in urban neighborhoods.

Author: Meg Calki
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: materials, sustainable, selection, construction, evaluation, complete, sites, guide
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2008-10-06
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0470134550
ISBN-13: 9780470134559

This complete guide to the evaluation, selection, and use of sustainable materials in the landscape features strategies to minimize environmental and human health impacts of conventional site construction materials as well as green materials. Providing detailed current information on construction materials for sustainable sites, the book introduces tools, techniques, ideologies and resources for evaluating, sourcing, and specifying sustainable site materials. Chapters cover types of materials, both conventional and emerging green materials, environmental and human health impacts of the materia

Author: Daniel Hillel
Publisher: World Bank Publicatio
Keywords: development, sustainable, environmentally, socially, rural, economics, science, management, irrigation, integrating, salinity, environment
Number of Pages: 92
Published: 2000-08-01
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 082134773X
ISBN-13: 9780821347737

Irrigation is the supply of water to agricultural crops by artifical means, designed to permit farming in arid regions and to offset drought in semi-arid regions. Irrigation has long played a key role in feeding expanding populations and is expected to play a still greater role in the future. Inevitably, however, irrigation entails the addition of water-borne salts which accumulate and induce the self-destructive twin phenomena of water-logging and salination. Moreover, this often negatively affects adjacent lands and water resources. Is irrigation sustainable, and if so, how and under what co