Sustainable urban design : an environmental approach /
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Imprint: | London ; New York : Spon Press, 2003. |
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Description: | xi, 212 p. : ill., maps ; 31 cm. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Urban ecology (Sociology. City planning -- Environmental aspects. Sustainable development. City planning -- Environmental aspects. Sustainable development. Urban ecology (Sociology) |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4798596 |
Table of Contents:
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part 1.
- 1.. Introduction
- 2.. Urban planning and design
- 3.. Transportation
- 4.. Landscape and nature in the city
- 5.. Building design
- 6.. Energy and information
- 7.. Materials
- 8.. Water
- 9.. Waste and resource
- 10.. Summary
- Part 2.
- 11.. Coopers Road Estate regeneration: Southwark, London
- 12.. Parkmount: streetscape and solar design
- 13.. CASPAR II: innovation in housing
- 14.. Coin Street Housing: the architecture of engagement
- 15.. Sustainable design in an urban context: three case studies
- 16.. BedZED - Beddington Zero - fossil energy development
- 17.. Bo01: an ecological city district in Malmo, Sweden
- Appendices
- A. Solar energy, temperature and photovoltaics
- B. Wind and water
- C. Air quality
- D. Acoustics
- E. Fuel cells, turbines and engines
- F. Landscape
- G. Materials
- H. A simplified assessment method
- Glossary
- Illustration acknowledgements
- Index