TY  - BOOK
AU  - Charlesworth, Esther Ed.
AU  - Adams, Rob Ed.
TI  - Ecoedge : urgent design challenges in building sustainable cities
SN  - 0415572487
U1  - 711.42 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - London & New York
PB  - Routledge
N1  - 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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