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Bringing together theory and practice this important text provides a coherent overview of the important issues in sustainable urban design. The contributors, recognised experts from both architectural and planning practices, focus on the physical aspects of the urban environment - the buildings and their engineering systems, landscaping, transport systems, energy, water and waste systems. Illustrated with state of the art case studies, the writers successfully cover all the key elements in one volume, providing substantiated examples of best practice.
| List of contributors | ||
| Foreword | ||
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgements | ||
| 1 | Introduction | 3 |
| 2 | Urban planning and design | 14 |
| 3 | Transportation | 25 |
| 4 | Landscape and nature in the city | 33 |
| 5 | Building design | 46 |
| 6 | Energy and information | 62 |
| 7 | Materials | 89 |
| 8 | Water | 95 |
| 9 | Waste and resource | 100 |
| 10 | Summary | 109 |
| 11 | Coopers Road Estate regeneration: Southwark, London | 113 |
| 12 | Parkmount: streetscape and solar design | 124 |
| 13 | CASPAR II: innovation in housing | 137 |
| 14 | Coin Street Housing: the architecture of engagement | 147 |
| 15 | Sustainable design in an urban context: three case studies | 157 |
| 16 | BedZED - Beddington Zero - fossil energy development | 167 |
| 17 | Bo01: an ecological city district in Malmo, Sweden | 183 |
| App. A | Solar energy, temperature and photovoltaics | 189 |
| App. B | Wind and water | 194 |
| App. C | Air quality | 196 |
| App. D | Acoustics | 198 |
| App. E | Fuel cells, turbines and engines | 199 |
| App. F | Landscape | 201 |
| App. G | Materials | 204 |
| App. H | A simplified assessment method | 205 |
| Glossary | 206 | |
| Illustration acknowledgements | 207 | |
| Index | 210 |
Overview
Bringing together theory and practice this important text provides a coherent overview of the important issues in sustainable urban design. The contributors, recognised experts from both architectural and planning practices, focus on the physical aspects of the urban environment - the buildings and their engineering systems, landscaping, transport systems, energy, water and waste systems. Illustrated with state of the art case studies, the writers successfully cover all the key elements in one volume, providing substantiated examples of best practice.