World Cities and Urban Form: Fragmented, Polycentric, Sustainable? - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415451841 ISBN 13: 9780415451840

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

This book presents new research and theory at the regional scale showing the forms metropolitan regions might take to achieve sustainability. At the city scale the book presents case studies based on the latest research and practice from Europe, Asia and North America, showing how both planning and flagship design can propel cities into world class status, and also improve sustainability. The contributors explore the tension between polycentric and potentially sustainable development, and urban fragmentation in a physical context, but also in a wider cultural, social and economic context.

About this title

About the Author

Mike Jenks is Professor Emeritus and Founder Director of the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development (OISD) at Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom.

Daniel Kozak teaches at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is also a PhD researcher at OISD, Oxford Brookes University.

Pattaranan Takkanon is Lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415451841
• ISBN 13: 9780415451840
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 374
• Editor: Jenks Mike, Kozak Daniel, Takkanon Pattaranan