Eighteen leading academics and practitioners in sustainable architecture and urbanism explore global concerns of sustainability and urbanity, developing a logical aim for the responsible practice of urban planning, design, landscape and architecture. INDICE: Introduction: Towards a Theory of eco-urbanity Darko Radovic Part1: The compact city, strategies and success stories 1. eco-urbanity: the Framework of an Idea Darko Radovic 2. The Barcelona Agenda: Reuse, Compactness and Green Oriol Clos 3. From Industrial Cities to eco-urbanity – the MelbourneCase Study Rob Adams 4. The Sustainable City as a Fine-grained City David Sim 5. From the Compact City to the Defragmented City: Another Route towards Sustainable Urban Form? Mike Jenks Part 2: Other cultures, approaches and strategies 6. Designing for Shrinkage: Fibercity 2050, Tokyo Ohno Hidetoshi 7. Excavating the Lost Commons: Creating Green Spaces and Water Corridors for eco-urban Infrastructure Ishikawa Mikiko 8. Continuity and Departure: A Case Studyof Singapore’s Nankin Street Heng Chye Kiang 9. The Cultural Challenge for Sustainable Cities: Coping with Sprawl in Bangkok and Melbourne Sidh Sintusingha 10. Geometries of Life and Formlessness: The Theoretical Legacies of Historical Beijing Zhu Jianfei 11. Eco-city? eco-urbanity? Arvind Krishan Part 3: Other scales and sensibilities 12. eco-urbanism: An Israeli Perspective Arie Rahamimoff 13. Bringing Back Nature and Re-invigorating the City Centre KengoKuma 14. Sustainable Design towards a Positive Spiral Kodama Yuichiro 15. Creating a Cemetery: Architecture that Sustains Cultural Forms Naito Hiroshi 16. Towards Well-Mannered Built Environments Darko Radovic.
- ISBN: 978-0-415-47278-4
- Editorial: Routledge
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 198
- Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés