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Sustainable urban design : an environmental approach / edited by Randall Thomas.
LIBRA HT241 .S8735 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban ecology (Sociology).
- City planning--Environmental aspects.
- Sustainable development.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 212 pages : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Spon Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- 2. Urban planning and design / Patrick Clarke 14
- 3. Transportation / Robert Thorne, William Filmer-Sankey 25
- 4. Landscape and nature in the city / Christina von Borcke 33
- 5. Building design / Randall Thomas 46
- 6. Energy and information / Randall Thomas 62
- 7. Materials / Randall Thomas 89
- 8. Water / Randall Thomas 95
- 9. Waste and resource / Adam Ritchie 100
- 11. Coopers Road Estate regeneration: Southwark, London / David Turrent 113
- 12. Parkmount: streetscape and solar design / Richard Partington 124
- 13. CASPAR II: innovation in housing / Tristan Couch, Max Fordham, David Levitt, Mark Lewis 137
- 14. Coin Street Housing: the architecture of engagement / Graham Haworth 147
- 15. Sustainable design in an urban context: three case studies / Alan Short 157
- 16. BedZED - Beddington Zero - fossil energy development / Bill Dunster 167
- 17. Bo01: an ecological city district in Malmo, Sweden / Michael Sillen 183
- A Solar energy, temperature and photovoltaics 189
- B Wind and water 194
- C Air quality 196
- D Acoustics 198
- E Fuel cells, turbines and engines 199
- F Landscape 201
- G Materials 204
- H A simplified assessment method 205.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415281229
- 0415281237
- OCLC:
- 50166654
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