Architecture - ACCURATE ANSWERS Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and constructing space that reflects functional, social, and aesthetic considerations.
Ecology - ACCURATE ANSWERS Is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the interactions between organisms an...
Architecture - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Architecture is both the
process and product of planning, designing and constructing space that
reflects functional, social, and aesthetic considerations.
Ecology - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Is the interdisciplinary scientific
study of the interactions between organisms and their environment.
Sustainability - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ -Lester Brown (1981):
"...one that is able to satisfy its needs without diminishing the chances of
future generations."-SOA Conference (2012): "Sustainability
is...Enough, for all, forever."
Sustainable development - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Bruntland
Commission (1987): "...meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs."
Three-legged stool model - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Nested model - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Population growth - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Growth keeps
increasing exponentially and we are close to hitting carrying capacity.
,Finite resources - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ A set number of
resources. Some of these resources are renewable or can be recycled.
Pollution - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Plastics & Microplastics,
PCB's (from landfills and incinerators), Mercury(~50% from coal
plants), Nitrogen & Phosphorus (from fertilizers, seeps into the water
and can cause algae blooms, creates a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico),
Greenhouse Gasses (CO2, Methane)
Carbon emissions - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Global Carbon
Emissions 6.6 billion tons in 2006
10.0 billion tons by 2020
15.0 billion tons by 2030
Methane - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Global warming potential
worse than CO2: 86x CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalents)
Compounding global warming factors - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1.
CO2 release → warming.2. Warming melts sea ice, which creates less
reflective surfaces → more heat is absorbed by ocean water.3. Warmer
air = more humidity (water vapor), which traps even more heat.4. As
permafrost thaws, methane is released; As oceans warm, methane
hydrates melt.
Economic impacts of climate change - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ -
Increased flooding.-More frequent and severe fires.-Sinkholes.-Visible
pollution.-Drought.-Melting glaciers/ice caps.
,Mitigation - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Reduce emissions and
harmful effects.
Adaptation - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Figure out how to deal with
adverse conditions.
Sustainable design vs. Regenerative design - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ -Sustainable: no net change.-Regenerative: positive
effects.
Ethics - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. A system of moral principles.
2. The rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of
human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.
Inter-generational justice - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The choices of
today's generations will directly affect the quality of life for future
inhabitants of the Earth.
Distributional equity and Distributional justice - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ The right of all people to an equal share of resources,
including goods and services, such as materials, land, energy, water, and
high environmental quality.
, 7 generation sustainability - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ In every
deliberation, we must consider the impact on the future seventh
generation.
Precautionary principle - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Requires the
exercise of caution when making decisions that may adversely affect
nature, natural ecosystems and global biogeochemical cycles.
The Four Tenets of the Precautionary Principle:
1. People have a duty to take anticipatory action to prevent harm.
2. The burden of proof of harmlessness of a new technology, process,
activity, or chemical lies with the proponents, not the general public.
3. Before using a new technology, process, or chemical, or starting a
new activity, people have an obligation to examine a full range of
alternatives, including the alternative of not doing it.
4. Decisions applying the Precautionary Principle must be open,
informed, and democratic and must include the affected parties.
Reversibility principle - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Making decisions
that can be undone.
Polluter pays principle - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ -Addresses
existing technologies.
-Places onus (responsibility) on individuals/corporations causing the
impacts.
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