Sustainable design. Design approaches and directions of development

Establishing research directions in sustainable building design:

The purpose of this report is two-fold: first, to review in generic terms the views, publications and research related to building design and climate change, and second, to raise a number of questions and potential research avenues. This paper primarily addresses the roles of building design and its implications for occupant behaviour in the context of the environmental performance of buildings...

the aesthetics of eco sustainable approaches in textile design

textile design, especially in fashion industry, focuses on changing the public taste and creating continual and variable aesthetics to excite consumers in respond to the economic efficiency of industries. fashion, especially fast fashion, has many bad influences on social behavior, ecological environment and economy of consumer societies, work opportunities in developing countries and work cond...

Approaches to sustainable development of arid regions

Interest in arid ecosystems as a source of food supply for rapidly increasing population of the world, on the one hand, and the problems pertaining to the climatic characteristics, water shortages and soil sensitivity for the inhabitants in such areas, on the other have prompted efforts at both national and international levels to develop a better understanding of these problems as well as to f...

Design and Explanation of Measuring Model for the Impacts of Information Communication Technology on Sustainable Development

This study seeks to recognize the impact of ICT development and its role in improving sustainable development indices for Iran. The role of sustainable development and ICT in various fields has been initially undertaken. Then, validated models of ICT impacts were introduced. Subsequently, the related studies in these areas were reviewed and analyzed. Next, the ICT impacts on the main dimensions...

Sustainable Community Development and Urban Design