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Designing Sustainable Cities / edited by Rob Roggema.

Springer History eBooks 2020 Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Roggema, Rob, editor.
Series:
Contemporary Urban Design Thinking, 2522-8412
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Geography.
Sustainable architecture.
Buildings--Design and construction.
Buildings.
Regional Geography.
Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings.
Building Construction and Design.
Local Subjects:
Regional Geography.
Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings.
Building Construction and Design.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (VIII, 207 p. 70 illus., 55 illus. in color.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2020.
Place of Publication:
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Summary:
This book emphasizes new ways of designing for a sustainable city and urban environment. From several angles the future of our urbanism is illuminated. From a philosophical point of view, the city is seen as an organism, following complex ecosystemic principles, shining light on indigenous perspectives to become beneficial for sustainable design and core questions are asked whether current architectural practice is really sustainable. Simultaneously concrete practices are presented for cities in transformation, focusing on green infrastructure, smart city principles and health.
Contents:
Chapter 1 Designing the Sustainable City
Chapter 2 The Role of Indigenous Paradigms and Traditional Knowledge Systems in Modern Humanity’s Sustainability Quest – Future foundations from past knowledge
Chapter 3 Born, not made: designing the productive city
Chapter 4 A new model for place development – bringing together regenerative and placemaking processes
Chapter 5 The key role of systems thinking in sustainable architecture
Chapter 6 Liveable Green Cities; integrating climate adaptive solutions and circular economy into the built environment
Chapter 7 Post-earthquake recovery in Nepal: A study and analysis of post disaster perception and needs for housing recovery after 2015 earthquake
Chapter 8 Tackling urban open space encroachment in a South African township: an exploratory study
Chapter 9 The role of smart city initiatives in driving partnerships: A case study of theSmart Social Spaces Project, Sydney Australia
Chapter 10 Fostering successful smart campus transitions through consensus-building: a university of technology case study
Chapter 11 The role of landscape architectural designers in landscape construction health and safety
Chapter 12 Sustainability, ReciproCity, Radicality
Index.
ISBN:
3-030-54686-1

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