School of Architecture, Industrial Design

& The Built Environment

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
ON ECONOMIC ISSUES

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for

AR176-1 (Planning 3)

Submitted by:
Paule, Tristan Charles A.

Submitted to:
Ar. Yosef Maru Pablo
 Annotated Bibliography
“TOP10 2007 GLOBAL ECONOMIC CHALLENGES an ASSESSMENT of GLOBAL RISKS and
PRIORITIES FEBRUARY 2007 | PRESENTED by BROOKINGS GLOBAL ECONOMY and
DEVELOPMENT.” 2007.
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/20070220.pdf?
fbclid=IwAR0FI69E2LLEgDgGh7r0_ZVm8Ul9KD7tFxsFUwu4xiy9O8efJqM1kgVTSBs

In year 2007, it has been concluded that the primary issue on the global agenda is all

about energy and environmental security. Possible solutions have been laid out to reduce global

dependency on fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions, including the use of technological

advances that would result in low-polluting and secure energy resources. One of its impact to the

global market is the high oil prices and global warming across nations which pushes countries to

rapid changes. According to the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA), it has

been recorded that China increases its oil consumption by almost half a million barrels per day in

the year 2006, as well as the electricity consumption of India that resulted to 845 billion kilo-

watt-hours in 2010. In line with this, an effective framework for cooperation in climate change

must be the primary action to make immediate response in energy and environmental security.

Moreover, the continues global poverty greatly affects global security. Tragically,

poverty and insecurity feed off one another, creating what Brookings scholar Susan Rice

evocatively refers to as a "doom spiral" that worsens infrastructure destruction, raises infant

mortality, creates refugees, and feeds the trafficking of arms and drugs. Additionally, it makes it

more difficult for other parties to provide aid and less appealing for the global private sector to

invest.

1. Piatkowska, Ksenia Katarzyna. 2012. “Economy and Architecture. The Role of Architecture in Process of
Building the Economic Potential of Space.” 2012.
https://depot.ceon.pl/bitstream/handle/123456789/3347/Piatkowska.%20K._ECONOMY
%20%26%20ARCHITECTURE_postprint.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
 On the other hand, countries like Brazil, Russia, India, and China are leading in

reshaping the global economy. These countries largely contribute in changing the structure of

international production and trade, nature and capital flows, movements of natural resource

consumption, and global distribution of powers which will be adopted by other countries in the

following decades. However, these countries face complex challenges in sustaining and

managing their growth and political evolution. Rapid growth of countries affects the

environment, distracting forests and the changing quality of air, is a big challenge to

environmental sustainability.

In Relevance to Planning and Architecture:

Considering structures and architecture as branding-provoking unique experiences

seems to offer a new and creative viewpoint for the entire area of architecture research. To

examine this tendency with a proper critique, in-depth research must be conducted. It is improper

to evaluate architecture from an artistic standpoint. It should be viewed as a crucial component of

a larger system, a process of economic growth, technical advancement, and social

transformation. Currently the relations between human and his environment are extremely

significant. The more professionally we influence a consumer the more effectively we achieve

our strategic economic aims. It seems that architecture becomes an inherent element of the

economic strategies constructed to trigger off a definite financial result. Architecture as a device

ample with the expression means supports creating the competitive advantages. It is crucial to

evaluate how we use the current tools and gadgets we have in the context of the current crisis and

1. Piatkowska, Ksenia Katarzyna. 2012. “Economy and Architecture. The Role of Architecture in Process of
Building the Economic Potential of Space.” 2012.
https://depot.ceon.pl/bitstream/handle/123456789/3347/Piatkowska.%20K._ECONOMY
%20%26%20ARCHITECTURE_postprint.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
the impending economic collapse in many parts of the world in order to boost our effectiveness

without spending more costs.

1. Piatkowska, Ksenia Katarzyna. 2012. “Economy and Architecture. The Role of Architecture in Process of
Building the Economic Potential of Space.” 2012.
https://depot.ceon.pl/bitstream/handle/123456789/3347/Piatkowska.%20K._ECONOMY
%20%26%20ARCHITECTURE_postprint.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y