Toward a resource‐efficient built environment: A literature review and conceptual model

DA Ness, K Xing - Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Amid continued growth in the building stock, the pursuit of sustainable buildings is
dominated by a focus on carbon neutrality and green, often overlooking resource …

Urban centers: an assessment of sustainability

G McGranahan, D Satterthwaite - Annual review of environment …, 2003 - annualreviews.org
As increasing proportions of the world's population, production, and consumption become
concentrated in urban areas, the need for urban development patterns that are more …

Plausible and desirable futures in the Anthropocene: A new research agenda

X Bai, S Van Der Leeuw, K O'Brien, F Berkhout… - Global Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
While the concept of the Anthropocene reflects the past and present nature, scale and
magnitude of human impacts on the Earth System, its true significance lies in how it can be …

[图书][B] Our ecological footprint: reducing human impact on the earth

M Wackernagel, W Rees - 1998 - books.google.com
Our Ecological Footprint presents an internationally-acclaimed tool for measuring and
visualizing the resources required to sustain our households, communities, regions and …

Sustainable development: mapping different approaches

B Hopwood, M Mellor, G O'Brien - Sustainable development, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Sustainable development, although a widely used phrase and idea, has many different
meanings and therefore provokes many different responses. In broad terms, the concept of …

Environment, economy and society: fitting them together into sustainable development

B Giddings, B Hopwood, G O'brien - Sustainable development, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Sustainable development is a contested concept, with theories shaped by people's and
organizations' different worldviews, which in turn influence how issues are formulated and …

[图书][B] The compact city: a sustainable urban form?

E Burton, M Jenks, K Williams - 2003 - taylorfrancis.com
This book presents the latest thinking on the benefits and dangers of higher density urban
living. It offers diverse opinions and research, from a wide range of disciplines, and gives an …

Urban ecological footprints: why cities cannot be sustainable—and why they are a key to sustainability

W Rees, M Wackernagel - Urban ecology: an international perspective on …, 2008 - Springer
It is sometimes said that the industrial revolution stimulated the greatest human migration in
history. This migration swept first through Australia, Europe, and North America and is still in …

Towards a regenerative paradigm for the built environment

C Du Plessis - Building Research & Information, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The concept of regenerative design and development is situated within the broader
theoretical context of sustainability. The emerging regenerative paradigm is contrasted with …

[图书][B] Sustainable communities and the challenge of environmental justice

J Agyeman - 2005 - books.google.com
Argues that environmental justice and the sustainable communities movement are
compatible Popularized in the movies Erin Brockovich and A Civil Action,“environmental …