Order of Buildings and Cities : A Paradigm of Open Systems Evolution for Sustainable Design.
Title:
Order of Buildings and Cities : A Paradigm of Open Systems Evolution for Sustainable Design.
Author:
Gu, Yan.
ISBN:
9783035102604
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (239 pages)
Contents:
Table of Contents -- Preface i -- Abstract iii -- Acknowledgements v -- List of Figures ix -- Introduction 1 -- Part I The Concept of Sustainability -- Chapter 1 Un-sustainable development: an ill-posed question or well-defined problem 7 -- 1.1 The industrial development pattern for the modernisation 7 -- 1.2 Negative impacts of the industrial development 11 -- 1.3 A contemporary case of China's industrial modernisation 22 -- 1.4 A well-defined problem: the industrial development pattern is unsustainable 26 -- 1.5 Global campaign for sustainable development 27 -- 1.6 An integrated proposition of sustainable development 34 -- Chapter 2 Sustainable design in the built environment 39 -- 2.1 Critical discourses on modernism design in the Industrial Age 40 -- 2.2 A new worldview of the Post-Modernism: from simplicity to complexity 54 -- 2.3 Contemporary campaign for sustainable design 60 -- 2.4 A paradigm of nature for sustainable design 70 -- 2.5 Ecological design for sustainable environment 78 -- Part II The Framework of Open Systems Evolution -- Chapter 3 The model of open systems evolution 103 -- 3.1 The Second Law of Thermodynamics 104 -- 3.2 The concept of entropy 119 -- 3.3 Universal generality of open systems evolution 140 -- 3.4 Complexity of open systems evolution 154 -- 3.5 Comparison of open systems evolution and Darwinism evolution 160 -- 3.6 Implication: a Post-Modernism world-view and a Post-Industrial pattern 165 -- Part III The Application of Open Systems Evolution to Sustainability -- Chapter 4 An intelligent model for sustainable design in open systems evolution 171 -- 4.1 A scientific framework for sustainable design 172 -- 4.2 Intelligent design in the model open systems evolution 173 -- 4.3 Conceptual configuration of intelligent sustainable design 175 -- 4.4 Parametric design of intelligent sustainable design 186.
4.5 Implications of open systems evolution in sustainable design 190 -- 4.6 Conclusion 193 -- Glossary 197 -- Bibliography 205 -- Index 219 -- Appendix. An Alternative Diagram of Transitional Phases of Open Systems Evolution 221.
Abstract:
The assumption of an environmental crisis, global warming and climate change, has put into question the viability of modern development patterns in industrialised societies. This pattern is characterised by excessive exploitation of energy and resources without concern for negative impact upon the natural ecosystem. One of the primary challenges to sustainable development is identified as the dilemma between long term economic development and environmental damage. Influenced by this pattern, modern design of buildings and cites contributes to environmental degradation. To explore an alternative paradigm for sustainable design, this book investigates a model of open systems evolution based on scientific foundations of the Second Law of Thermodynamics and complex systems science. It states the creativity of the universe appears as the emergence of order via the mechanisms of open systems evolution, a manifesto of the Post-Modernism world-view. Furthermore, the book argues this novel paradigm of open systems evolution implies a conceptual framework for sustainable design, an intelligent model of buildings and cities, adapting to the natural ecosystem and ensuring positive impact upon it, and a contextual design strategy for ecologically symbiosis with nature, an order of buildings and cities.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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