COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability is being mandated by numerous international and national directives. These mandates challenge society and the design and planning professions to create truly livable and sustainable environments (IAA, 1996; NSTC, 1995; ACSA/AIA, 1994; ALSA, 1994; UDSDN, 1994; AIA/UIA, 1993; CEM, 1993; AIAS, 1992). These directives carry a forceful message that society and the environmental design professions are at a critical "cross road" and our future must address the challenges posed by this inclusive and elusive concept.
Sustainability holds great promise in our search for a regenerative process, locally and globally. It fosters greater meaning to the value of civilization—optimizing our vital human-environmental support systems while providing sustainable promise to future generations of life on earth.
As discussed in the introduction, the sustainable regenerative proposal for Pullman is based upon a working definition of sustainability and ecological (or "bio-logical") modeling techniques which carefully balance on site interchanges between the unique human and environmental systems of the city. These interchanges become indicators of sustainable development and defines inherent qualities, carrying capacities, and the required ecological footprint of this community. In general, this approach allows communities to model, measure and program a series of design strategies for a sustainable regenerative process.
The study demonstrates the integrated use of these modeling methods and sustainable design strategies in the revitalization of this existing community, enhancing its human, economic, social and environmental quality. These integrated levels of design regeneration are summarized in the following environmental scales:
