Saving the planet by design : reinventing our world through ecomimesis /
Ken Yeang.
- xvi, 195 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-187) and index.
Reinventing the human-made world to address the sustainability equation -- Redefining design to include the ecological sciences : the principle of ecocentricity -- Reinventing the built environment by 'ecomimicry' -- Ecological design as the biointegration of a set of 'infrastructures' : the 'quatrobrid' constructed ecosystem -- Nature-based infrastructure - Earth's 'life support system' -- Hydrological infrastructure -- Technological infrastructure -- Anthropocentric infrastructure -- Being 'at one' with nature.