Sustainable Cities: Assessing the Performance and Practice of Urban Environments (International Library of Human Geography) - Hardcover

Book 15 of 23: International Library of Human Geography

Pierre Laconte; Chris Gossop

 
9781784532321: Sustainable Cities: Assessing the Performance and Practice of Urban Environments (International Library of Human Geography)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1784532320 ISBN 13: 9781784532321
Publisher: I.B. Tauris, 2016

Synopsis

Sustainable Cities is about the challenges faced by our urban environments and how these can be met. Examining the built environment at three levels of observation - individual buildings, urban neighbourhoods, and entire cities and towns, the first part of the book reveals the scale of the task. The second part of the book offer a critical assessment of the techniques used to assess urban development, including the measurement of greenhouse gas emissions, ecological footprint analysis, and the measurement of urban biodiversity, where different approaches can yield significantly different results. It concludes with an alternative approach to greenhouse gases, making the case for them to be seen as a resource rather than as a liability. In the final part, case studies of best practice are presented. With contributions from a range of leading international specialists, Sustainable Cities will be essential reading for academics and professionals in urban and municipal planning, environmental policy and planning, architecture, urban geography, climate change, energy resources and environmental science and technology.

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About the Author

Professor Pierre Laconte is President of the Foundation for the Urban Environment. He was a partner (with Raymond M. Lemaire et J. P. Blondel), of Groupe Urbanisme-Architecture the organisation responsible for the planning and implementation of the new university town of Louvain-la-Neuve, near Brussels, and which received the Aberrombie Award of the International Union of Architects. He is the editor of Changing Cities: Challenge to Planning Philadelphia.Christopher Gossop is a town planner and former planning inspector. He is a trustee of the National Energy Foundation, UK.

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Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1784532320
ISBN 13 
9781784532321
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
256
Editor
Pierre Laconte, Chris Gossop