Ecoedge : urgent design challenges in building sustainable cities
Charlesworth, Esther Ed.
Ecoedge : urgent design challenges in building sustainable cities - London & New York Routledge 2011 - xv,195p.
CONTENTS List of figures vii List of tables x Notes on contributors xi Acknowledgements xiv List of abbreviations xv The EcoEdge 1 Esther Charles-worth Part 1Urban design and a sustainable city 5 Overview 7 Melanie Dodd Air in the city: The place of work 12 Scott Drake Assassination in the sustainable city: The Netherlands and beyond 20 Wim Hajkatnp Reprogramming cities for increased populations and climate change 30 Rob Adams Sustainability for survival: Moving the United Kingdom beyond the zero carbon agenda 39 John Worthington Chaos and resilience: The Johannesburg experience 50 Chrisna Du Plessis Part II Infrastructure and a sustainable city 61 Overview 63 Ralph Home Sustainable drinking water and sanitation: Two Indian cases 70 Shantha Sheela Nair Susiainable .Savannah 81 Scott Baybton Ecopolis: Small steps towards urbanism as a living system 90 Paul Downlon The green edge: China between hope and hazard 103 Neville Mars Part III Architecture and a sustainable city 115 Overview 117 Lean van Schaik A landscape framework for urban sustainability: Thu Thiem, Ho Chi Minh city 121 Dennis Pieprz Networks cities in China: Sustaining culture, economics and the environment 133 James Brearky and Qun Fang The responsive city: London South Bank experiences 148 Alex Lifschutz Small-scale sustainability: Parasite Las Palmas and beyond 158 Mechthild Stuhlmacher Sustainable subtropical city: An architecture of timber-framed landscapes 171 Brit Andresen Beyond the EcoEdge 184 John Fien and Esther Charlesworth Index 191
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Ecoedge : urgent design challenges in building sustainable cities - London & New York Routledge 2011 - xv,195p.
CONTENTS List of figures vii List of tables x Notes on contributors xi Acknowledgements xiv List of abbreviations xv The EcoEdge 1 Esther Charles-worth Part 1Urban design and a sustainable city 5 Overview 7 Melanie Dodd Air in the city: The place of work 12 Scott Drake Assassination in the sustainable city: The Netherlands and beyond 20 Wim Hajkatnp Reprogramming cities for increased populations and climate change 30 Rob Adams Sustainability for survival: Moving the United Kingdom beyond the zero carbon agenda 39 John Worthington Chaos and resilience: The Johannesburg experience 50 Chrisna Du Plessis Part II Infrastructure and a sustainable city 61 Overview 63 Ralph Home Sustainable drinking water and sanitation: Two Indian cases 70 Shantha Sheela Nair Susiainable .Savannah 81 Scott Baybton Ecopolis: Small steps towards urbanism as a living system 90 Paul Downlon The green edge: China between hope and hazard 103 Neville Mars Part III Architecture and a sustainable city 115 Overview 117 Lean van Schaik A landscape framework for urban sustainability: Thu Thiem, Ho Chi Minh city 121 Dennis Pieprz Networks cities in China: Sustaining culture, economics and the environment 133 James Brearky and Qun Fang The responsive city: London South Bank experiences 148 Alex Lifschutz Small-scale sustainability: Parasite Las Palmas and beyond 158 Mechthild Stuhlmacher Sustainable subtropical city: An architecture of timber-framed landscapes 171 Brit Andresen Beyond the EcoEdge 184 John Fien and Esther Charlesworth Index 191
0415572487
711.42 / CHA