Reshaping the Built Environment
Subtitle: Ecology, Ethics, and Economics
Contributors: Alex Wilson (Foreword); Charles Kibert (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: December 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9781559637015
Subjects: Applied ecology; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building; Economics, Finance, Business and Industry; United States; General; Architecture And The Environment; Ecology; Real estate development; Architecture; Planning; Life Sciences - Ecology; Natural Resources; Nature / Ecology; Construction industry; Environmental aspects
First sentence: The emergence of sustainable development as a major paradigm for human society brings with it numerous intellectual and operational challenges.