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Global Change Through An Integrated Resort: Healthy Spaces That Positively Affect Our Health, Community, And The Environment, Iwona Reducha
Global Change Through An Integrated Resort: Healthy Spaces That Positively Affect Our Health, Community, And The Environment, Iwona Reducha
Hospitality Design Graduate Student Capstones
Integrated Resorts (IRs) play a significant role in countries' economics, health, and environment around the world. These large mini "cities" help create thousands of jobs and can sustain themselves solely on tourism. The scale of an integrated resort also puts its effect on the environment at three to four times higher than most other building projects. Spreading beyond the boundaries of the famous Las Vegas Strip, each year more permits are being issued for their construction globally opening up a huge opportunity to reinvent its archetype to allow for a more sustainable and health conscious design.