Title: Sustainable urban design : an environmental approach /
Authors: Ritchie, Adam,; Thomas, Randall.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Urban ecology (Sociology); City planning Environmental aspects; Sustainable development.; Sustainable architecture.
Abstract: "Towns and cities form the backdrop to the lives of a rapidly increasing number of people around the world. Sustainable Urban Design, 2nd Edition addresses the issues faced by planners and designers in making these areas environmentally sustainable."--Jacket.
Contents: Introduction / Adam Ritchie -- Urban planning and design / Patrick Clarke -- Transportation / Robert Thorne, William Filmer-Sankey and Anthony Alexander -- Landscape and nature in the city / Christina Von Borcke -- Building design / Randall Thomas and Adam Ritchie -- Energy and information / Randall Thomas and Adam Ritchie -- Materials / Sarah Royse -- Water / Randall Thomas and Adam Ritchie -- Waste and resource / Adam Ritchie -- Summary / Adam Ritchie -- Coopers road estate : regeneration / David Turrent -- Parkmount : streetscape and solar design / Richard Partington and Adrian Hornsby -- Coin street housing : the architecture of engagement / Graham Haworth -- Sustainable design in an urban context : three case studies / Alan Short -- BedZED : Beddington zero-fossil energy development / Bill Dunster -- Bo01 and Flagghusen : ecological city districts in Malmö, Sweden / Eva Dalman and Cecilia Von Schéele -- Stonebridge : negotiating between traditional and modernist models of city housing / Christ Watson -- 'Made in Stockwell' and Deptford Wharves / Katie Tonkinson and Adam Ritchie -- Millennium water : Vancouver's Olympic Village, Canada / Rachel Moscovich.