SAVING THE PLANET BY DESIGN : REINVENTING OUR WORLD THROUGH ECOMIMESIS /
KEN YEANG
- xvi, 195 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index
Includes bibliography pages : 183-187
Reinventing the human-made world to address the sustainability equation -- Redefining design to include the ecological sciences : the principle of ecocentricity -- Reinventing the built environment by 'ecomimicry' -- Ecological design as the biointegration of a set of 'infrastructures' : the 'quatrobrid' constructed ecosystem -- Nature-based infrastructure -- Earth's 'life support system' -- Hydrological infrastructure -- Technological infrastructure -- Anthropocentric infrastructure -- Being 'at one' with nature.