Author(s)

B.A. Kazimee & T. Bartuska

Abstract

This paper will define the theoretical premise of sustainable` design and its practice. This theory is then formulated into a sustainable planning and design process, which was used to develop the regenerative sustainable community proposal for the authors’ city of residence – Pullman, Washington, USA. The proposal was awarded a gold medal at the UN Habitat-II Conference in Istanbul, Turkey [9]. Probably more importantly, it has increased community concerns for sustainable development. The proposal can be reviewed on our web site (www.arch.wsu.edu/sustain). The Pullman regenerative and densification proposal stands upon the ecological modeling techniques which carefully balance on-site interchanges between the unique human and environmental systems. The amount or percentage of renewable human and

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