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Sustainable neighbourhood transformation / Vincent Gruis, Henk Visscher and Reinout Kleinhans (eds.).
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Sustainable urban areas ; v. 11.
- Sustainable urban areas ; v. 11
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture, Domestic--Environmental aspects.
- Architecture, Domestic.
- Architecture, Domestic--Netherlands.
- Urban renewal--Netherlands.
- Urban renewal.
- City planning--Netherlands.
- City planning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (168 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Delft : IOS Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines the effects of demolition and replacement strategies on sustainability from different perspectives - an economic perspective: the market position and the value of the neighbourhoods, a social perspective: the levels of social capital and residential stability, and an environmental perspective: the energy efficiency.
- Contents:
- Title page; Contents; Introduction; Life cycle of dwellings and demolition by Dutch housing associations; Joint physical and social neighbourhood transformation. Motives, myths, coincidences and perspectives; Residents' social capital after neighbourhood transformation. An analysis of differences related to residential mobility; Neighbourhood transformation and urban planning and design; Environmental impacts of renovation. The Dutch housing stock compared with new construction; The Eco-costs of housing transformation; Conclusions
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-60750-228-3
- 1-4416-1671-3
- 600-00-1425-2
- OCLC:
- 491261248
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