How construction and the built environment can both benefit and harm the natural environment 4 Articles

by William Prest

Building projects great and small have their impact on the environment. Yesterday's solutions become today's problems, which we must then apply ourselves to solve. The built up world that we have made for ourselves is fill...read more

by Jason Hernandez

In these days of ever-expanding suburban sprawl, it might seem that construction would only harm the natural environment. However, as usual, there is another side to the story. While it is true that a large warehouse-typ...read more

by K.S.Subramanian Subramanian

Even a planned city can go awry in the passing of time. Back in the sixties and seventies Chennai, a southern city in Tamil Nadu of India, was a tremendous source of pleasure because the Marina Beach was worth a visit. It ...read more

by Annaleise Getley

When contemplating the relationship between the natural and built environments, it is not a matter of good vs evil, but rather a matter of identifying which of every two options is less evil than the other. The very meanin...read more