University of British Columbia
Design Centre for Sustainability
The Design Centre for Sustainability (DCS) is located in the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at The University of British Columbia. It is an academic leader in applying sustainability concepts to the development of land, cities, and community. Through interdisciplinary approaches, the DCS is capable of demonstrating to the development community, to municipalities, and to citizens how to shift community-based planning and design toward on-going consideration of sustainability as a matter of course rather than exception.
Organization Type:
Academic
Repository Name:
Design Centre for Sustainability
Subjects:
community development, environmental design, land use, Sustainable development, Urban planning
Web site:
Date range of documents:
1996-
Language:
English
Format of repository and documents:
- The Projects tab on this web page gives access to a chronological listing of projects carried out by the Design Centre for Sustainability (DCS). Some of the projects have PDF links to an abstract describing the project, which in some cases includes a list of priced publications related to the project and available from the Centre. A list of all publications of the Centre can be accessed by clicking on the Publications sidebar under Projects.
- The Participants tab is divided into three areas: CALP - Collaborative for Advanced Landscape Planning; Small Towns Initiative; and James Taylor Chair in Landscape and Livable Environments. At this time only the James Taylor Chair in Landscape and Livable Environments has an operational button. It gives access to a chronological listing of the priced publications of the Chair.
- The Research section of this website is currently under construction.
- Clicking on News and Media (in the Resources section) gives access to journal and news articles on topics of interest to the school. Bibliographic citations for these articles are divided between the following headings: Design Centre for Sustainability; GreenGuide; Sustainability by Design; Mayor Sam Sullivan's EcoDensity Initiative for Vancouver; SGOG: Smart Growth on the Ground; East Clayton; and James Taylor Chair. Some of the citations have a PDF full text link.
Geographic focus:
British Columbia with emphasis on the Vancouver metropolitan area.
Intended audience:
Academics
Contact information
Street address:
Design Centre for Sustainability
2357 Main Mall #394
Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4
2357 Main Mall #394
Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4
Mailing address:
Design Centre for Sustainability
2357 Main Mall #394
Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4
2357 Main Mall #394
Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4
Main phone number:
(604) 822-5148
Main fax number:
(604) 822-2184
E-mail addresses:
Rachael Cabrera
rcabrera@interchange.ubc.ca
