Design for an Empathic World Reconnecting People, Nature, and Self /

• Main Authors: Ryn, Sim Van der (Author), Allen, Francine (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2013.
• Subjects: Environment.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Design.; Pollution.; Pollution, general.; Urbanism.; Design, general.

Despite an uncertain economy, the market for green building is exploding. The US green building market has expanded dramatically since 2008 and is projected to double in size by 2015 (from $42 billion in construction starts to $135 billion). But green-building pioneer Sim Van der Ryn says, “greening...