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dc.contributor.authorKerr, Thor
dc.contributor.editorJ. Baldwin
dc.contributor.editorJ. Baker
dc.contributor.editorH. Fordham
dc.contributor.editorJ. Grellier
dc.contributor.editorC. Houen
dc.contributor.editorT. Kerr
dc.contributor.editorA. Reid
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:51:05Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:51:05Z
dc.date.created2013-06-09T20:00:14Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationKerr, Thor. 2008. Sustainability discourse, place and the green building, in Baldwin, J; Baker, J; Fordham, H; Grellier, J; Houen, C; Kerr, T; Reid, A; (ed), Engaging place(s)/engaging culture(s): 9th Humanities Graduate Research Conference, Nov 5-8 2008, pp. 1-17. Perth, WA: Curtin University.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35676
dc.description.abstract

The world's nations concede that sustainable development is an appropriate response to the threat of global ecological destruction caused by industrialization. The discourse of sustainable development, or 'sustainability', legitimizes attempts to rearrange society through reproduction of the threat that humanity will annihilate itself unless its practices are reformed.This paper provides an analysis of sustainability discourses in the building industry and the ecological modernist storyline of 'green building'. It describes the application of Maarten Hajer’s discourse analysis methods to representations by industry professionals and academics at a series of conferences on sustainable built environments held in Australia, Singapore and Vietnam. The research findings describe how policies are produced and legitimized through nationally-contextualised sustainability discourses; and the findings indicate constraints in the production of policies for mitigating global ecological threats from industrialization.

dc.publisherCurtin University
dc.relation.urihttp://hgsoconference.curtin.edu.au/previous/2008_proceedings.cfm
dc.relation.urihttp://hgsoconference.curtin.edu.au/previous/kerr.cfm
dc.subjectdiscourse analysis
dc.subjectgreen building
dc.subjectecological modernization
dc.subjectgreen built environment
dc.subjectsustainable development
dc.subjectaccreditation systems
dc.titleSustainability discourse, place and the green building
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage17
dcterms.source.titleEngaging place(s)/engaging culture(s)
dcterms.source.seriesEngaging place(s)/engaging culture(s)
dcterms.source.conferenceThe Ninth Humanities Postgraduate Conference
dcterms.source.conference-start-dateNov 5 2008
dcterms.source.conferencelocationPerth, Australia
dcterms.source.placePerth, WA
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