Product Description

Urban Sustainability through Environmental Design provides the analytical tools and practical methodologies that can be employed for sustainable and long-term solutions to the design and management of urban environments.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #167157 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 184 pages

From the Back Cover

What can architects, landscape architects and urban designers do to make urban open spaces, streets and squares, more responsive, lively and safe?

Urban Sustainability through Environmental Design seeks to answer this question by providing the analytical tools and practical methodologies that can be employed for sustainable and long-term solutions to the design and management of urban environments.

In recent years, there has been obvious success in smartening and repopulating our towns and cities, however, there are concerns that these responses to regeneration are capable of sustaining only a limited sector of the community through the creation of ‘boutique’ environments and ‘cappuccino’ culture. This book discusses this approach, calling into question the capability of ‘quick-fix’ development solutions to provide the establishment of fixed communities and suggesting a more time-conscious and evolutionary approach. The book focuses specifically on the analytical side of this problem, presenting tools of urban analysis selected to frame long-term, sustainable urban design solutions.

Urban Sustainability through Environmental Design is the first significant attempt to draw together and publish a pan-European view on sustainable urban design with a specific focus on social sustainability. It presents an innovative approach that focuses on what sustains solutions rather than on the solutions themselves: on the tools of urban analysis rather than the interventions. With its practical approach and wide-ranging discussion, this book will appeal to all those involved in producing communities and spaces for sustainable living, from students to academics through to decision makers and professional leaders.

About the Author

Sergio Porta is assistant professor in urban planning and design at the Department of Architecture and Planning of the Polytechnic of Milan, Italy, where he holds the ‘Laboratory of Urban Design’ course. He is adjunct professor at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Kevin Thwaites researches and teaches landscape architecture and urban design at the Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield where he is Director of Learning and Teaching. He has worked in private practice and, with Ian Simkins, is co-founder of elp:rdu, a research facility which explores experiential aspects of outdoor space use. Ombretta Romice is an architect heading the Urban Design Masters at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. She is actively involved in IAPS (International Association for People-Environment Studies). Mark Greaves is a professional planner focused on the delivery of exemplary urban design solutions. He is currently working in local authority planning in the UK.

Mark Greaves  Sergio Porta  Ombretta Romice  Kevin Thwaites  Nastaran Azmin-Fouladi  Carole Després  Graeme Evans  Jo Foord  Hildebrand Frey  Barbara Golicnik  Vito Latora  Florent Joerin  Alice Mathers  Eugenio Morello  Aurore Nembrini  Peter Newman  John L. Renne  Dr Carlo Ratti  Ian Simkins  Dr Geneviève Vachon