Urban Sustainability Through Environmental Design: Approaches to Time-People-Place Responsive Urban SpacesKevin Thwaites, Sergio Porta, Ombretta Romice, Mark Greaves What can architects, landscape architects and urban designers do to make urban open spaces, streets and squares, more responsive, lively and safe? Urban Sustainability through Environmental Design answers this question by providing the analytical tools and practical methodologies that can be employed for sustainable solutions to the design and management of urban environments. The book calls into question the capability of ‘quick-fix’ development solutions to provide the establishment of fixed communities and suggests a more time-conscious and evolutionary approach. This is the first significant book to draw together a pan-European view on sustainable urban design with a specific focus on social sustainability. It presents an innovative approach that focuses on the tools of urban analysis rather than the interventions themselves. With its practical approach and wide-ranging discussion, this book will appeal to all those involved in producing communities and spaces for sustainable living, from students to academics through to decision makers and professional leaders. |
Contents
Cultural biases and disciplinary contradictions against timeconscious urban | |
practices and projects 59 | |
ANALYSIS FOR THE SUSTAINABLE CITY 79 | |
mixed use and urban sustainability 95 | |
mapping centrality in networks of urban | |
Measuring the success of transitoriented development using a sustainability | |
street audit toolkit 112 | |
imageprocessing techniques for environmental urban analysis | |
Collaborative planning and design for a sustainable neighbourhood on Quebec | |
revealing hidden dimensions of peopleplace | |
Alice Mathers | |
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Urban Sustainability Through Environmental Design: Approaches to Time-people ... Kevin Thwaites No preview available - 2007 |
Urban Sustainability Through Environmental Design: Approaches to Time-people ... Kevin Thwaites No preview available - 2007 |