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Sustainable Design Topics

Design and natural systems

Planetary systems and dynamics:

Capra, Fritjof. The Hidden Connections: A Science Of Sustainable Living. New York, NY: Random House Inc., 2004.
Capra, Fritjof. The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems. New York, NY: Anchor Books, 1996.
Lovelock, James. Gaia, A New Look At Life On Earth. Oxford, NY: Oxford University Press, 1979.
Wilson, Edward O. The Diversity Of Life. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1992.
Wright, Richard T.; Bernard J. Nebel. Environmental Science: toward a sustainable future, 8th Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002.

Ethical issues and theories:

Hough, Michael. Out of Place-Restoring Identity to the Regional Landscape. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1990.
Kellert, Stephen R.; Edward O. Wilson. The Biophilia Hypothesis. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1993.
Merchant, Carolyn. The Death Of Nature: women, ecology, and the scientific revolution. San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, 1980.
Nash, Roderick. The Rights of Nature: A History Of Environmental Ethics. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989.

Patterns and scale in nature:

Bailey, Robert G. Ecoregion-Based Design For Sustainability. New York, NY: Springer, 2002.
Odum, Eugene Pleasants. Ecology: A Bridge Between Science And Society. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, 1997.

Natural history:

Bakker, Elna S. An Island Called California: an ecological introduction to its natural communities. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984.
Barbour, Michael. California’s Changing Landscapes: diversity and conservation of California vegetation. Sacramento, Calif.: California Native Plant Society, 1993.
Marx, Steve, ed. Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide. Santa Maria, CA: Accurate Color Printing, 2002.

Techniques:

LaGro, James A. Jr. Site Analysis Linking Program and Concept in Land Planning and Design. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
Landphair, Harlow C., John L. Motloch. Site reconnaissance and engineering: an introduction for architects, landscape architects, and planners. New York: Elsevier, 1985.
Lynch, Kevin. Site Planning. Cambridge, MA: M.I.T. Press, 1971.
Marsh, William M. Landscape Planning- Environmental Applications, 2nd Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1991.
Thompson, George F., ed.; Frederick R. Steiner, ed. Ecological Design and Planning. New York: John Wiley & Sons, January 1997.

Prerequisites:

none listed.              

(updated 1 May 2004)