Designing sustainable cities in the developing world / edited by Roger Zetter and Georgia Butina Watson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zetter, Roger.

Watson, Georgia Butina.

Series:

Design and the built environment series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Developing countries.

City planning.

Cities and towns.

Growth.

Developing countries.

Cities and towns--Developing countries--Growth.

Sustainable development--Developing countries.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

xviii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2006]

Contents:

Designing sustainable cities / Roger Zetter and Georgia Butina Watson

Urban form and transformation

Cultural sustainability and development : Drukpa and Burman vernacular architecture / Regina Mapua Lim

Rebuilding city identity through history : the case of Bethlehem-Palestine / Jane Handal

Urban conservation in Mexican colonial cities : the historic centre of Morelia / Norma E. Rodrigo-Cervantes

Involving local communities in the conservation and rehabilitation of historic areas in Mexico City : the case of Coyoacán / Yanet Lezama-López

Value-led heritage and sustainable development : the case of Bijapur, India / Anwar Punekar

Urban planning and sustainability in South Africa / Koyi Mchunu

Designing people-based environments

Urban reform and development regulation : the case of Belém, Brazil / Jose Julio Lima

The impact of land subdivision processes on residential layouts in Makkah City, Saudi Arabia / Mohammed Abdullah Edrees

Sustainable urban form : environment and climate responsive design / Silvia de Schiller, Ian Bentley and Georgia Butina Watson

Collaborative public open space design in self-help housing : Minas-Polvorilla, Mexico City / Luis Gabriel Juárez-Galeana

Community involvement in planning and managing sustainable open space in Mexico / Ana Maria Maldonado-Fuse.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0754643557

OCLC:

62878363