SUSTAINABILITY OF SITE DEVELOPMENT - A REVIEW

AishwaryaG.K, Mohamed Salman Sait, Taiyaba Tabassum, Nithin S.Reddy

Abstract: Sustainable development is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’ [1]Sustainability as a focus has reached and touched all realms of design,it has become prerogative and is unavoidable for continuity and wellbeing of all habitat[2]. The field of Architecture, Urban design and Planning are looked into as potential sources of consumption imprinting large ecological footprints[3]. Architecture and planning require the resource for creating places of shelter or storage, for sustenance of habitat which is known as the Site[4]. The site specifically is seen as land in this paper. Landis the source of supply and it`s potentials must be retained and maintained to achieve a cradle to cradle effect[5]. The resources, the renewable and non- renewable are consumed for development. By ‘cradle to cradle effect’ it is meant to achieve means to replenish the earth of the consumed resources. A linear way of using the site tending towards depletion of resources giving no chance for renewable, recyclable, and reusable aspects of design must be avoided. As such the site development plays a crucial role in providing for the current needs, catering to exceeding population as the key issue to address. The exponential growth in population demands for Sustainable site developments for further future development.[6]. This paper restricts it`s area of research to eco- technic andeco- centric aspects ofsite sustainability[7].The paper delves into sustainable site development of the site of three sizes. The site development isof various types’residential, institutional,industrial and commercial, to mention a few. The research delves into role of sustainability in site developments in smart cities at global level, site development at regional level stating significance of open spaces in built environment and finally culminates into site planning for designs of much smaller scale. The goal of this paper is to assimilate data pertaining to issues and noteworthy practices through literature survey in a systematic way of site development at identified 3 levels.

Keywords: Sustainability, Site Development, Eco-Centric, Eco –Technic, Site Planning

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2015.0426001