Sustainable design : ecology, architecture, and planning / Daniel E. Williams

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 : 1. The ecological model : Ecology ; Ecology as a model ; Waste debts ; The value of land ; Paradigm shift ; Thinking as a system: connectivity not fragmentation -- 2. Sustainable design : Where do we want to go? ; Design matters ; Why architects? ; Green design vs. sustainable design ; Why now? ; Approaching sustainability ; Place-based energy & resources ; Principles for designing sustainably ; Where to start? -- 3. Regional design : Evolving from nonrenewables ; Another weak link: the power grid ; The regional design ; Water: a common denominator ; Make mo small plans ; The regional design process ; Regional case studies: Cache Valley, Utah ; Farmington, Minnesota: Building within the community watershed ; Smart Growth: southeast Florida coastal communities -- 4. Sustainable urban and community design : A matter of place ; Principles for sustainable communities ; Regional energy and biourbanism ; Sustainable urban and community case studies: Lessons from Belle Glade: can we save the Everglades and sustain architecture? ; Rio Nuevo master plan ; Growing the Great River Park -- 5. Architectural design : The site: challenges and opportunities ; Site design and environmental analysis ; Sustainable infrastructure ; The skin ; Evolving a sustainable design practice ; Sustainable design and existing buildings ; Sustainable interior architecture -- Part 2 : 6. AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects Program : 1997-2005 -- Afterword -- Sustainability terms.

Written for architects, planners, landscape architects, engineers, public officials, and change agent professionals, this important resource defines the issues of sustainable design, illustrates conceptual and case studies, and provides support for continued learning in this increasingly central focus of architects' and urban planners' work.