Product Description

This new volume addresses the problems and complexities involved in defining and developing sustainable urban forms, but also shows that real advances have been made.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #969073 in Books
• Published on: 2001-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 408 pages

From the Back Cover
Achieving Sustainable Urban Form represents a major advance in the sustainable development debate. It moves on from theoretical discourse about sustainable urban forms to proven knowledge and good practice. It presents research which defines elements of sustainable urban form density, size, configuration, detailed design and quality from macro to micro scale. Case studies from Europe, the USA and Australia are used to illustrate good practice within the fields of planning, urban design and architecture.
Achieving Sustainable Urban Form is a progression from the editor's previous book The Compact City: A Sustainable Urban Form? This new volume addresses the problems and complexities involved in defining and developing sustainable urban form, but also shows that real advances have been made.

About the Author
Peter Newton Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. Marina Alberti University of Washington, USA. M R Masnavi University of Glasgow, UK. Elizabeth Burton Oxford Brookes University, UK. Michelle Thompson-Fawcett University of Oxford, UK. Katie Williams Oxfrod Brookes University, UK. Michael Buxton RMIT, Australia. Ernie Scoffham University of Nottingham, UK. Teresa Marat-Mendes University of Nottingham, UK. Peter Newman Murdoch University, Australia. Jeff Kenworthy Murdoch University, Australia. Peter Headicar Oxford Brookes University, UK. David Simmonds David Simmonds Consultancy, UK. Helena Titheridge University College London, UK. Simon Hall University College London, UK. David Bannister University College London, UK. Dominic Stead University College London, UK. Jo Williams University College London, UK. Uyen-Phan Van Cardiff \university, UK. Martyn Senior Cardiff University, UK. Juan Alayo Ove Arup, UK. Austin Smyth University of Ulster, UK. Mats Reneland Chalmers University, Sweden. Gert de Roo University of Groningen, Netherlands. David van Vliet University of Manitoba, Canada. Torban Gade University of Manitoba, Canada. Mike Jenks Oxford Brookes University, UK. Michael Crilly Cranfield University, UK. Adam Mannis University of Ulster, UK. Guiseppe Zanre Wycombe District Council, UK. Joe Ravetz Manchester University, UK. David Rudlin Manchester University, UK. Tim Heath University of Nottingham, UK, Peter Fauset University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK. James Morgan Herriot Watt, UK. Roger Talbot Herriot Watt, UK. Tigran Hasic Royal Institute of Technology, Sewden. Abigail Raymond Kent County Council, UK. Alex Kalamaros USA. Ernest Yanarella University of Kentucky, USA. Heidi Dumreicher University of Kentucky, USA. Taghi Radmard University of Kentucky, USA. Richard Levine University of Kentucky, USA. Simon Guy University of Newcastle, UK. Simon Marvin University of Newcastle, UK. Hugh Howes Environment agency, UK.