Ecodesign For Cities And Suburbs

Author : Jonathan Barnett
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 9781610913423
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs written by Jonathan Barnett and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As world population grows, and more people move to cities and suburbs, they place greater stress on the operating system of our whole planet. But urbanization and increasing densities also present our best opportunity for improving sustainability, by transforming urban development into desirable, lower-carbon, compact and walkable communities and business centers. Jonathan Barnett and Larry Beasley seek to demonstrate that a sustainable built and natural environment can be achieved through ecodesign, which integrates the practice of planning and urban design with environmental conservation, through normal business practices and the kinds of capital programs and regulations already in use in most communities. Ecodesign helps adapt the design of our built environment to both a changing climate and a rapidly growing world, creating more desirable places in the process. In six comprehensively illustrated chapters, the authors explain ecodesign concepts, including the importance of preserving and restoring natural systems while also adapting to climate change; minimizing congestion on highways and at airports by making development more compact, and by making it easier to walk, cycle and take trains and mass transit; crafting and managing regulations to insure better placemaking and fulfill consumer preferences, while incentivizing preferred practices; creating an inviting and environmentally responsible public realm from parks to streets to forgotten spaces; and finally how to implement these ecodesign concepts. Throughout the book, the ecodesign framework is demonstrated by innovative practices that are already underway or have been accomplished in many cities and suburbs—from Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm to False Creek North in Vancouver to Battery Park City in Manhattan, as well as many smaller-scale examples that can be adopted in any community. Ecodesign thinking is relevant to anyone who has a part in shaping or influencing the future of cities and suburbs – designers, public officials, and politicians.

Author : Richard Harrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780990572817
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prefurbia written by Richard Harrison and published by . This book was released on 2024-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Prefurbia? Land Planning that entwines the natural environment, cities and suburbs together; to produce a preferred development model. Based upon efficient land and materials usage, Prefurbia's design methods and strategies produce living environments with quality public, private and natural spaces, at significantly less cost than traditional planning methods.This book includes exciting sustainable land development models that result in affordable life cycle housing solutions, and distinctive, connected communities which set the foundation for stable cities and regions - a preferred standard of living.

Author : Larry Beasley
Publisher : On Point Press
ISBN 13 : 0774890339
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vancouverism written by Larry Beasley and published by On Point Press. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until the 1980s, Vancouver was a typical mid-sized North American city. But after the city hosted Expo 86, something extraordinary happened. This otherwise unremarkable urban centre was transformed into an inspiring world-class city celebrated for its livability, sustainability, and competitiveness. This book tells the story of the urban planning phenomenon called “Vancouverism” and the philosophy and practice behind it. Writing from an insider’s perspective, Larry Beasley, a former chief planner of Vancouver, traces the principles that inspired Vancouverism and the policy framework developed to implement it. A prologue, written by Frances Bula, outlines the political and urban history of Vancouver up until the 1980s. The text is also beautifully illustrated by the author with 200 colour photographs depicting not only the city’s vibrancy but also the principles of Vancouverism in action.

Author : Sim Van der Ryn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Communities written by Sim Van der Ryn and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : RIck Harrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615445519
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prefurbia written by RIck Harrison and published by . This book was released on 2011-02-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Prefurbia?Land Planning that entwines the natural environment, cities and suburbs together; to produce a preferred development model. Based upon efficient land and materials usage, Prefurbia's design methods and strategies produce living environments with quality public, private and natural spaces, at significantly less cost than traditional planning methods.This book includes exciting sustainable land development models that result in affordable life cycle housing solutions, and distinctive, connected communities which set the foundation for stable cities and regions a preferred standard of living.

Author : Nicholas Low
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781138141513
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Green City written by Nicholas Low and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers a radical new approach to sustainability in urban planning, drawing on a range of international case studies and adding a much-needed human dimension to this fast-evolving subject.

Author : Woodrow W. Clark
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 012813965X
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Cities and Communities Design Handbook written by Woodrow W. Clark and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Communities Design Handbook: Green Engineering, Architecture, and Technology, Second Edition, brings together the major players responsible for sustainable development at both community and metropolitan scales. The book aims to explain and demonstrate the practice, planning, design, building and managing of the engineering, architectural and economic development of cities and communities to meet sustainable development objectives. Offering a holistic approach to creating sustainable communities, the book includes a 40 percent increase in new methods and technology over the last edition, and 50 percent more case studies from around the world to illustrate how common sustainability problems are solved. As the concept and practices of a sustainable built environment have evolved over the years, it is increasingly recognized that the scope should be expanded beyond individual buildings to the community scale. Written by an international team of engineers, architects, and environmental experts this second edition includes new HVAC technologies for heating and cooling, energy effect technologies for lighting, and new construction materials which improve heating and cooling efficiencies. This new edition will also include critical updates on international codes: LEED, BREEAM, and Green Globes. Explains the most cutting-edge green technologies and methods for use in built communities Provides a common approach in using natural resources when building and designing green communities Features coverage of green practices from architecture to construction Covers compliance with various international codes, methods and legal frameworks

Author : Neil B. Chambers
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 0230337414
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Green written by Neil B. Chambers and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable design is booming, but the men and women dedicated to reducing their carbon impact have lost sight of what they are trying to save: the natural world. Author Neil Chambers has been at the forefront of cutting-edge, sustainable architecture for years, and Urban Green is his revolutionary vision for bringing the power of the conservation and design movements together. He advocates looking to nature for the missing components of the green revolution: oysters that can clean water at up to 5 liters an hour; beavers that reshape their environments while simultaneously enriching ecosystems; and mountains that offer a new way of imagining how a city could be built. By designing our homes and cities in harmony with the natural world, we can take the next step in the sustainable revolution.

Author : Rick Harrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780990572800
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prefurbia written by Rick Harrison and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Prefurbia?Land Planning that entwines the natural environment, cities and suburbs together; to produce a preferred development model. Based upon efficient land and materials usage, Prefurbia's design methods and strategies produce living environments with quality public, private and natural spaces, at significantly less cost than traditional planning methods.This book includes exciting sustainable land development models that result in affordable life cycle housing solutions, and distinctive, connected communities which set the foundation for stable cities and regions - a preferred standard of living.

Author : Tai-Chee Wong
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940070383X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eco-city Planning written by Tai-Chee Wong and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eco-city planning is a key element of urban land use planning in perspective and of ongoing debate of environmental urban sustainable development with a spatial and practical dimension. The conceptual basis of ecological planning is that we can no longer afford to be merely human-centred in approach. Instead, the interdependency of human and non-human species has forced us to appreciate the ‘rights’ and ‘intrinsic values’ of non-human species in our pursuit for a sustainable ecosystem. This volume has as approach an emphasis on environmental planning policies whereby, for example, energy saving, anti-pollution measures, use of non-car modes, construction of green buildings, safeguarding of nature and natural habitats in urban areas, and use of more renewable resources are promotional norms. Their aims and leading outcome serve to protect the Earth from adverse effects of global warming and different sources of pollution threatening the quality of life of human societies.