Unravelling sustainability and resilience in the built environment / Emilio Jose Garcia and Brenda Vale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garcia, Emilio (Emilio Jose), author.

Vale, Brenda, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban ecology (Sociology).

Sustainable urban development.

Sustainable architecture.

Resilience (Ecology).

Physical Description:

ix, 211 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

In this timely book, Emilio Jose Garcia and Brenda Vale explore what sustainability and resilience might mean when applied to the built environment. Conceived as a primer for students and professionals, it defines what the terms sustainability and resilience mean and how they are related to each other and to the design of the built environment. After discussion of the origins of the terms, these definitions are then compared and applied to case studies, including Whitehill and Bordon, UK, Tianjin Eco-city, China, and San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, which highlight the principles of both concepts. Essentially, the authors champion the case that sustainability in the built environment would benefit from a proper understanding of resilience. Book jacket.

Contents:

Definitions

Case studies

Measuring sustainability and resilience in the built environment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138644021

1138644021

9781138644045

1138644048

OCLC:

956434144