Meeting development goals in small urban centres
Subtitle: water and sanitation in the world's cities, 2006
By: United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Contributors: United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Publisher: Earthscan; Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; Sterling, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: Municipal water supply -- Developing countries; Water-supply -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries; Cities and towns -- Sanitation -- Developing countries; Villages -- Sanitation -- Developing countries
Description: "To advance the subject of design one has to engage in the activity of designing. Sustainable by Design offers a compelling and innovative, design-centred approach that explores both the meaning and practice of sustainable design. Walker explores the design process in the context of sustainability, and challenges conventional ways of defining, designing and producing functional objects. He discusses the personal design process, tacit knowledge, ephemeral design, experimental design, and the relationship between intellectual design criteria, physical expression and aesthetic experience."

"This book will introduce vital concepts to students and will inspire designers by providing a well-articulated basis for understanding the complexity and potential of sustainable design, and extolling the contribution of design to the creation of a more meaningful material culture."--Jacket.
Notes: Published by Earthscan for and on behalf of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)

Includes bibliographical references and index