Achieving Sustainable Urban Form / Edition 1

by Elizabeth Burton, Mike Jenks, Katie Williams

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138136472
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/11/2016
Pages:	402
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mike Jenks, Elizabeth Burton, Katie Williams

Table of Contents

Achieving Sustainable Urban Form: An Introduction Part 1 Defining Sustainable Urban Form Part 2 Urban Form and Transport: New Dimensions Part 3 Approaches and Strategies for Achieving Sustainable Urban Form Part 4 Built Form and Design Solutions Achieving Sustainable Urban Form:Conclusions.

Editorial Reviews

Based on the central premise that the form of a town or city can affect its sustainability, architects, planners, environmental scientists, and others seek to clarify the relationship between the shape, size, density, and uses of a city and its sustainability. They begin where the 1996 book leaves off, broadening beyond the compact city model to find approaches suitable for different scales and locations of development. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

This well-written text gives the impression that urban sustainability is always a trade-off between environmental, economic and quality of life aspects - Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

It is the focus on what is actually being done which makes this text stand out from the crowd. Whereas other works in this field tend to deal with theoretical debates, 'Achieving Sustainable Urban Form' remains true to its title. - Dale McFadzean, Scotish Planning & Environmental Law

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