Sustainable cities : assessing the performance and practice of urban environments / / edited by Pierre Laconte and Chris Gossop

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (211 pages) : color illustrations
• Disciplina: 307.76; 307.1216
• Soggetto topico: City planning - Environmental aspects; Sustainable development; Urban policy
• Persona (resp. second.): GossopChris; LacontePierre
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• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: assessing the assessments / Pierre Laconte -- ; pt. I Levels of Observation -- ; 1. Energy use in buildings: contributions and considerations in urban systems / Kerry J. Mashford -- ; 2. The certification of neighbourhoods in Germany: towards sustainable development? / Elke Pahl-Weber and Sebastian Seelig -- ; 3. Assessing the urban environment: the European Green Capital Award and other urban assessments / Birgit Georgi -- ; 4. Bilbao, New York and Suzhou -- a tale of three cities: assessing the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize / Mark Dwyer and Calvin Chua -- ; pt. II Methodologies/Ways of Thinking -- ; 5. Assessing urban greenhouse gas emissions in European medium and large cities: methodological considerations / Peter J. Marcotullio, Andrea Sarzynski, Jochen Albrecht, Niels Schultz and Jake Garcia -- ; 6. Ecological footprint analysis: assessing urban sustainability / William E. Rees -- ; 7. The evaluation of urban biodiversity / Ulrich Heink -- ; 8. Transforming the psychology of emissions / Douglas Mulhall and Michael Braungart -- ; pt. III Urban Sustainability -- Best Practices -- ; 9. Water and the city: canals and waterfront development as tools for a sustainable post-industrial city -- assessing best practices / Ian Douglas -- ; 10. Assessing sustainable urban transport / Sir Peter Hall -- ; 11. Assessing the Amsterdam Singel canal area for the UNESCO World Heritage listing (2010): heritage and sustainability / Pierre Laconte -- ; 12. King's Cross: assessing the development of a new urban quarter for London / Chris Gossop -- ; 13. Concepts for cities in times of climate change: making an entire city district self-sufficient in heat and power / Uli Hellweg and Kai Dietrich.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
• Titolo autorizzato: SUSTAINABLE Cities
• ISBN: 1-350-98832-4; 0-85772-957-8; 0-85772-754-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910151748803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International library of human geography ; ; 37.