Jorge Díaz Tejada
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, México
WSEAS International Conference on URBAN PLANNING and TRANSPORTATION (UPT'07), Heraklion, Crete Island, Greece, July 22-24, 2008
Abstract:
Sustainability is a goal that no one yet knows how to achieve. The act of sustainable planning and design is a heuristic process; that is, one in which we learn by doing, observing, and recording the changing conditions and consequences of our actions. Observation, recording, and monitoring are crucial elements of the sustainable design process. Therefore, our data comes mainly from the on-site analysis, which is supported on some theoretical basis, as following mentioned. From the sustainable perspective, we may recognize the following premises as basic ones. The key to sustainable design is the system approach-sometimes called a holistic view. The second premise on which sustainable design is base is that product and process are one. Therefore, the process by which an end is achieved is often given as much, or nearly as much, weight as the product, because it is recognized that only by changing the design process is it possible to change the design result.
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| A walkway in Mexico City, image by URBAN.EARTH |
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| A walkway in Mexico City, image by URBAN.EARTH |
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