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1 online resource (398 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Achieving Sustainable Urban Form; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Achieving Sustainable Urban Form: An Introduction; Part 1 Defining Sustainable Urban Form; Introduction; Models and Pathways: The Diversity of Sustainable Urban Futures; The Potential of the Compact City for Promoting Social Equity; Does Intensifying Cities Make them More Sustainable?; Urban Form and Environmental Performance; Energy, Transport and Urban Form in Australia; The New Millennium and the New Urban Paradigm: The Compact City in Practice |
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Housing Form, Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas EmissionsUrban Form and Ecosystem Dynamics: Empirical Evidence and Practical Implications; The 'Ground Rules' of Sustainable Urban Form; Part 2 Urban Form and Transport: New Dimensions; Introduction; Sustainable Urban Form: The Big Picture; The Transport Implications of Alternative Urban Forms; Accessibility in Swedish Towns; The Contribution of Mixed Land Uses to Sustainable Travel in Cities; Assessing the Sustainability of Urban Development Policies; The Exploding City Region: Should It, Can It, Be Reversed? |
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Land Use, Transport and People: Identifying the ConnectionsPart 3 Approaches and Strategies for Achieving Sustainable Urban Form; Introduction; Development/Demonstration: An Adaptive Strategy; Sustainable Urban Management Systems; Urban Form and the Sustainability of Urban Systems: Theory and Practice in a Northern Conurbation; Compact Cities, Environmental Conflicts and Policy Strategies: Complexity as a Criterion for Decision Making; The Acceptability of Urban Intensification; Sustainable Development Comes of Age: The Thames Environment 21 Experience |
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The Kent Design Initiative: Towards a Sustainable FutureReview of the Wycombe District Local Plan: Comparative Strategic Site Assessment -- the Goals Achievement Matrix; Part 4 Built Form and Design Solutions; Introduction; The Contribution of Urban Villages to Sustainable Development; Generating Models of Urban Sustainability: Vienna's Westbahnhof Sustainable Hill Town; Sustainable Development in Southern California: The Case of Playa Vista; The Hulme Estate and the 'Homes for Change' Development: Britain's First Major Sustainable Housing Project; Sustainable Urban Renewal: Kolding Denmark |
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Sustainable Social Housing for No Extra Cost?A Sustainable Urban Matrix: Achieving Sustainable Urban Form in Residential Buildings; Achieving Sustainable Urban Form through the Adaptive Re-Use of Buildings for Residential Use; Achieving Sustainable Urban Form: Conclusions; References; Index |
| Summary |
Achieving Sustainable Urban Form represents a major advance in the sustainable development debate. It presents research which defines elements of sustainable urban form - density, size, configuration, detailed design and quality - from macro to micro scale. Case studies from Europe, the USA and Australia are used to illustrate good practice within the fields of planning, urban design and architecture |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Cities and towns -- Growth.
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City planning.
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Sociology, Urban.
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Sustainable development.
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urban sociology.
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sustainable development.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
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Cities and towns -- Growth
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City planning
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Sociology, Urban
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Sustainable development
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jenks, M. (Michael)
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Williams, Katie
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| ISBN |
9780203827925 |
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0203827929 |
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