Climate, regenerative development, and place performance
4 resources
Regenesis Group (Pamela Mang & Ben Haggard)
Systemic framework for regenerative design — partnering with place rather than extracting from it.
Canonical text behind our Regenerative Development best practice. Goes beyond sustainability metrics to place-evolving practice.
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Roger S. Ulrich
Surgical patients with a window view of a natural setting had shorter hospital stays and used fewer analgesics than matched patients viewing a brick wall—foundational evidence that environmental design affects human outcomes.
Canonical source in our Research Library — supports AEC evidence-based design and Experience layer outcomes. We cite the publisher/DOI directly; recommendation is independent of any commission.
David Satterthwaite, Diane Archer, Sarah Colenbrander, David Dodman, Jorgelina Hardoy, Diana Mitlin, Sheela Patel
Approximately one billion people live in informal settlements, primarily in urban areas in low- and middle-income countries. This paper reviews how community- and city-government-led upgrading can enhance climate resilience for at-risk urban populations, and how barriers to greater scale and effectiveness can be ove…
Canonical source in our Research Library — supports Regenerative / resilience pathways and Community-led place upgrading. We cite the publisher/DOI directly; recommendation is independent of any commission.
William McDonough & Michael Braungart
Manifesto for circular design — products as biological or technical nutrients in closed-loop systems.
Foundational reading for our Circular Economy Community best practice. Waste-as-food reframes material decisions.
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