Eco-city planning : policies, practice and design / Tai-Chee Wong, Belinda Yuen, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wong, Tai-Chee.

Yuen, Belinda K. P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Environmental aspects.

City planning.

Economic development--Environmental aspects.

Economic development.

Urban ecology (Sociology).

Physical Description:

xxii, 295 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer, [2011]

Summary:

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, antipollution 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.

Audience

This book will be of great interest to researchers in urban planning, geography, architecture, real estate, landscape design, sociology and development studies. Policy makers and practising consultants in city and regional planning will also find the book of high value. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Understanding the Origins and Evolution of Eco-city Development: An Introduction / Tai-Chee Wong Wong, Tai-Chee, Belinda Yuen Yuen, Belinda 1

Part I Macro Strategic Planning: Policies and Principles

2 How Cities Can Enter the Ecological Age / Peter Head Head, Peter, Debra Lam Lam, Debra 17

3 Three Ecological Cities, Examples of Different Approaches in Asia and Europe / Meine Pieter van Dijk Dijk, Meine Pieter van 31

4 Eco-infrastructures, Feedback Loop Urbanisms and Network of Independent Zero Carbon Settlements / Carlos H. Betancourth Betancourth, Carlos H. 51

5 The Relationship of Sustainable Tourism and the Eco-city Concept / Scott Dunn Dunn, Scott, Walter Jamieson Jamieson, Walter 93

Part II Implementation and Practice

6 Down with ECO-towns! Up with ECO-communities. Or Is There a Need for Model Eco-towns? A Review of the 2009-2010 Eco-town Proposals in Britain / Eleanor Smith Morris Morris, Eleanor Smith 113

7 Eco-cities in China: Pearls in the Sea of Degrading Urban Environments? / Tai-Chee Wong Wong, Tai-Chee 131

8 Green Urbanism: Holistic Pathways to the Rejuvenation of Mature Housing Estates in Singapore / Steffen Lehmann Lehmann, Steffen 151

9 Challenges of Sustainable Urban Development: The Case of Umoja 1 Residential Community in Nairobi City, Kenya / Asfaw Kumssa Kumssa, Asfaw, Isaac K. Mwangi Mwangi, Isaac K. 181

10 Towards a Sustainable Regional Development in Malaysia: The Case of Iskandar Malaysia / Chin-Siong Ho Ho, Chin-Siong, Wee-Kean Fong Fong, Wee-Kean 199

Part III Micro Local Planning: Design and Methods

11 Presentation of Ecological Footprint Information: A Re-examination / Hoong-Chor Chin Chin, Hoong-Chor, Reuben Mingguang Li Li, Reuben Mingguang 223

12 Towards Sustainable Architecture: The Transformation of the Built Environment in Istanbul, Turkey / Selin Mutdogan Mutdogan, Selin, Tai-Chee Wong Wong, Tai-Chee 239

13 Urban Air Quality Management: Detecting and Improving Indoor Ambient Air Quality / T.L. Tan Tan, T.L., Gissella B. Lebron Lebron, Gissella B. 261.

Notes:

"In association with the Singapore Institute of Planners."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789400703827

9400703821

OCLC:

741991442