Human-Environment Interactions and Designing Solutions

Environmental Science · Chapter 20 · 7. Design and Planning for Environmental Conservation and Protection

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State of the environment and the major environmental problems of the 21st century; quantity of life versus quality of environment
Role of beliefs and values in creating, maintaining and solving environmental problems
Issue analysis: separating symptoms from problems, identifying players, critical control points and variables
Local case study and steps in action research on an environmental problem
Designing solutions: generative and lateral thinking, ranking options by social, political, ecological, technological and economic criteria
Basic idea of environmental impact assessment in solution design
Case studies: beach tourism in Goa; Ransih Kalan as a model of environmental sustainability