Presentation
Diversity and its importance to achieving equitable and sustainable environments
Equitable and Sustainable Habitats: Proceedings of the Twenty Third Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-1992
Conference Title
Twenty Third Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association
Conference Date
April 9–12, 1992
Geolocation
(40.0149856, -105.27054559999999)
Abstract
It is interesting that in the field of ecology the importance of diversity—of species, and genepools within a species, etc.—to form long term sustainability or viability of ecosystems has long been recognized while in social, cultural, and political areas the importance of concepts such as diversity or plurality seem less universally recognized. Equitable environments are at least in part those which support and encourage diversity. At EDRA 20 the issue of diversity was a reoccuring theme of many of the working groups. They envisioned diversity as an important aspect of EDRA, our future work (research, practice, etc.), and the potential relevance of each of these aspects. This workshop will provide one potential forum for the continuing exploration of this issue. In order to launch the workshop discussion organizers will make brief presentations to introduce the concept of diversity as an important issue in numerous specific aspects of the creation and maintenance of both equitable and sustainable environments.
Copyright Owner
Environmental Design Research Association
Copyright Date
1992
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Lynn Paxson, Robert A. Findlay, Joseph B. Juhasz and Karen Franck. "Diversity and its importance to achieving equitable and sustainable environments" Boulder, CO, United StatesEquitable and Sustainable Habitats: Proceedings of the Twenty Third Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (1992) p. 303 - 304 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/lynn_paxson/8/
This proceeding was published in Equitable and Sustainable Habitats: Proceedings of the Twenty Third Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (Oklahoma City: Environmental Design Research Association, 1992). Posted with permission.