Future forms and design for sustainable cities

Jenks, M. (Michael) (Added Author). Dempsey, Nicola. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780750663090 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 075066309X (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xiii, 444 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Architectural Press, 2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Back to the city : a route to urban sustainability / Bob Giddings ... [et al.] -- The intelligent city : ubiquitous network or humane environment? / Guy Briggs -- Towards the spatial sustainability of city-regions : a comparative study of Tokyo and Randstad / Akiko Okabe -- The multi-modal urban region : a concept to combine environmental and economic goals / Luca Bertolini -- Creating a sustainable city region / Raymond Green -- Forecasting the sustainability of alternative plans : the Cambridge futures experience / Marcial Echenique -- The city and the megatructure / Justyna Karakiewicz -- High-density, high-rise and multiple and intensive land use in Hong Kong : a future city form for the new millenium / Stephen Lau ... [et al.] -- From central business district to new downtown : designing future sustainable urban forms in Singapore / Perry Pei-Ju Yang -- Towards a sustainable city : rebuilding lower Manhattan / Beverly Willis -- Upper city transformations : a new strategy for high-density development / Ineke Hulshof -- Sustainable cells of urbanism : regenerative theory and practice / Tom J. Bartuska and Bashir A. Kazimee -- Sustainable urbanity in a powerful but fragile landscape / Ferdinand S. Johns -- Envisioning the future : sustainable models for rural communities / Helena Webster and Peter Williams -- The language and meaning of density / Mike Jenks and Nicola Dempsey -- Urban densities, quality of life and local facility accessibility in principal Japanese cities / Kiyonobu Kaido -- Emerging work patterns and their implication on the strategy and planning of work environments / Nicola Gillen -- Solar cities : the Oxford solar initiative / Susan Roaf, Manuel Fuentes and Rajat Gupta -- Quantification of urban solar access / John Mardaljevic -- A comparative sustainability assessment and indication of future housing trends in Hong Kong / Alex Amato, Richard Frewer and Steven Humphrey -- Conclusion : Future forms for city living? / Nicola Dempsey and Mike Jenks.