Van Wyk, Llewellyn V2011-04-182011-04-182010-04Van Wyk L. 2010. Sustainable building versus ecological building. The Mauritius Eco Building Handbook: the essential guide, Alive2Green, Volume 1, pp 4978-0-620-45659-3http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4965Copyright: 2010 Alive2green.Ecological building is building in a manner that integrates the ecological, cultural, economic and political elements of social-ecological systems in an effort to define sustainability in a rapidly changing world. Ecological building is forward-looking, focusing on opportunities to shape the future by building resilience and seeking opportunities for favourable transformations in the built environment. Much of the emerging effort addresses the grounding of resilience concepts in practical actions that foster sustainability of desired system attributes. Fundamentally ecological building is conceptually founded in planetary stewardship that seeks to the reorient the relationship between society and the biosphere.enEcological buildingSustainable buildingBuilt environmentGreen buildingMauritius eco building handbookSustainable building versus ecological buildingBook ChapterVan Wyk, L. V. (2010). Sustainable building versus ecological building., <i>Workflow;6056</i> Alive2green Publishers. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4965Van Wyk, Llewellyn V. "Sustainable building versus ecological building" In <i>WORKFLOW;6056</i>, n.p.: Alive2green Publishers. 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4965.Van Wyk LV. Sustainable building versus ecological building.. Workflow;6056. [place unknown]: Alive2green Publishers; 2010. [cited yyyy month dd]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4965.TY - Book Chapter AU - Van Wyk, Llewellyn V AB - Ecological building is building in a manner that integrates the ecological, cultural, economic and political elements of social-ecological systems in an effort to define sustainability in a rapidly changing world. Ecological building is forward-looking, focusing on opportunities to shape the future by building resilience and seeking opportunities for favourable transformations in the built environment. Much of the emerging effort addresses the grounding of resilience concepts in practical actions that foster sustainability of desired system attributes. Fundamentally ecological building is conceptually founded in planetary stewardship that seeks to the reorient the relationship between society and the biosphere. DA - 2010-04 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Ecological building KW - Sustainable building KW - Built environment KW - Green building KW - Mauritius eco building handbook LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2010 SM - 978-0-620-45659-3 T1 - Sustainable building versus ecological building TI - Sustainable building versus ecological building UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4965 ER -