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There is a desire worldwide to achieve sustainable outcomes and provide a better place to live for our global society. Many governments and organisations worldwide have set in place policies, value statements and visions, trying to instil a sustainable future for their citizens. However, there is a growing debate that sustainability is not good enough, and that as a global society we need to progress beyond sustainability—moving into the realms of regeneration and adaptation. There is a need for ‘deep sustainability’, and this chapter explores the consideration of an Integral Biophilic Pattern Language Framework to transition from a sustainable to a regenerative discourse, where the innate human-nature connection is positioned as critical in biophilic design and planning solutions.
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‘Deep sustainability’ goes beyond the mere aspects of resource efficiency, energy reduction or sustainable growth; it requires the emotional, spiritual and cultural connections of people with their built and natural environment. Deep sustainability addresses the ‘ends’, rather than the means to an end (Alexander, 2004, p. 6).
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Note the patterns are written in ‘small caps’, as to follow the standard writing style of pattern names as per Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern Language (1977).
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Roӧs, P.B. (2022). Beyond Sustainability: An Integral Framework. In: A Biophilic Pattern Language for Cities. Sustainable Urban Futures. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19071-1_2
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