Lyle, John Tillman : California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
John Tillman Lyle, FASLA, acknowledged as one of the world's foremost authorities on environmental design and
regenerative systems, is a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the California State Polytechnic
University at Pomona. His previous books include the groundbreaking Design for Human Ecosystems: Landscape, Land
Use, and Natural Resources.
Summary
Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development.
Winner, 1994 Merit Award for Communications, American Society of Landscape Architects.
From the despoliation of our rivers and lakes by industrial runoff to the destruction of our atmosphere by sulfur
emissions and CFCs, production cycles based on a one-way flow of materials and energy have pushed us to the brink
of environmental collapse. It is time for a change, and in this groundbreaking book, John Tillman Lyle offers us
a blueprint for implementing that change.
This book provides civil engineers, architects, land development planners, and others with practical, realistic
approaches to reversing this deadly course. Throughout, the emphasis is on proven regenerative practices for water
use, land use, energy use, and building design. Most importantly, it provides ways to reestablish connections between
people and nature, between art and science, and between technology and daily life.
"Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development is nothing less than a user's manual for planet
Earth that integrates the principles of ecological design with practical realities better than anything I've read.
John Lyle has written the best book now available on the theory and practice of sustainability . . . essential
reading for natural resource professionals, architects, planners, educators, environmentalists, and the general
public." --David W. Orr, Professor and Chair Environmental Studies Program, Oberlin College.
"John Lyle has written a splendid book, Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development. It is perfectly
topical; it is committed to the unity of art and science, design and planning, man and nature. It is itself exemplary,
and it is a repository of exemplary adaptations. It has carried the environmental movement to a new threshold of
ecological planning and design. It should be widely read and employed." --Ian L. McHarg, FASLA.
"In these times of widespread urban stress and regional disruption, the cogent thoughts of John Tillman
Lyle on sustainable cities are on target and highly constructive. They are must reading for planning professionals
and all concerned citizens." --John Ormsbee Simonds, FASLA.
"More designers need to broaden their horizons in the way John Lyle has put forth in this book. In general,
there are far too few land planners, landscape architects, or architects who have any working procedure that approximates
what sustainable design entails. This book provides important historical background and contemporary experience
to help guide the way." --Pliny Fisk III, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems.
John Tillman Lyle, FASLA, acknowledged as one of the world's foremost authorities on environmental design and
regenerative systems, is a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the California State Polytechnic
University at Pomona. His previous books include the groundbreaking Design for Human Ecosystems: Landscape, Land
Use, and Natural Resources.
Table of Contents
Rethinking the Mind in Nature
Sustainability in the Neotechnic Era.
Science, Design, and Regeneration.
Strategies for Regenerative Design.
Means : Regenerative Technology and its Applications.
Energy : The Heart of the Matter.
Habitat, Culture, and Energy Flow.
Water : Going with the Flow.
Growth, Form, and Productivity.
Waste as a Resource.
Implementation and its Implications.
Regenerative Systems in the Social Fabric.
Garden Communities in Gaia's Garden.
Economics, Policy, and Transition.
