Ecotopias and sustainable ideals
By: Laurence  Loftin ... [et al.].
Contributors: International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments; University of California, Berkeley. Center for Environmental Design Research
Series: Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series -- v. 223; Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series -- v. 223.
Publisher: International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 81
Subjects: Utopias; Congresses; Sustainable architecture; Urban ecology (Sociology); Technology; Architecture and society; Vernacular architecture
Notes: Cover title.

Papers presented at the IASTE conference held Dec. 15-18, 2010 in Beirut, Lebanon.

"Center for Environmental Design Research ... University of California at Berkeley"--P. [1] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Burons and Jasseries: situated utopias  -- Laurence Loftin III & Jacqueline Victor; title: Ideal foundation models of Kashan (Iran) and traditional urban form  -- Giulia Annalinda Neglia; title: Technological fantasies for an ecological future  -- James Steele & Rania Shafik; title: Ecotopia between traditions and technology  -- Gihan Mosaad & Riham Nady; title: Utopia of decrease in the project of a rural-urban settlement -- Agnese Ghini & Michele Zazzi.