Title & Author:

Sustainable urban design : an environmental approach / edited by Randall Thomas.

Publication:

London ; New York : Spon Press, 2003.

Description:

xi, 212 pages : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Urban planning and design / Patrick Clarke -- Transportation / Robert Thorne, William Filmer-Sankey -- Landscape and nature in the city / Christina von Borcke -- Building design ; Energy and information ; Materials ; Water / Randall Thomas -- Waste and resource / Adam Ritchie -- Summary / Randall Thomas -- Coopers Road Estate regeneration : Southwark, London / David Turrent -- Parkmount : streetscape and solar design / Richard Partington -- CASPAR II : innovation in housing / Tristan Couch [and others] -- Coin Street housing : the architecture of engagement / Graham Haworth -- Sustainable design in an urban context : three case studies / Alan Short -- BedZED -- Beddington Zero -- fossil energy development / Bill Dunster -- Bo01 : an ecological city district in Malmö, Sweden / Michael Sillén.

Summary:

Written by recognized experts in the field, this text focuses on the physical aspects of the urban environment - the buildings and their engineering systems, landscaping, transport systems, energy, water and waste systems.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0415281229
9780415281225
0415281237 (pbk.)
9780415281232 (pbk.)

Subject:

Urban ecology (Sociology)
City planning Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Sustainable urban development.
Écologie urbaine.
Design urbain Aspect de l'environnement.
Urbanisme durable.
Développement durable.
urban environments.
sustainable development.
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Duurzame ontwikkeling.
Stedenbouw.
Duurzaam bouwen.
Planejamento territorial urbano (aspectos ambientais)
Desenvolvimento sustentável.
Meio ambiente urbano.

Added entries:

Thomas, Randall.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 226934
Call No.: HT241 .S8 2003
Status: Available