Compact Cities : Sustainable Urban Forms for Developing Countries |
Autore | Jenks Michael H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Routledge, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 356 p.) : ill |
Disciplina | 711.4091724 |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology, Urban - Developing countries
Cities and towns - Growth City planning - Developing countries Sustainable development - Developing countries |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-135-80390-0
1-280-03223-5 9786610032235 0-203-47862-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction Sustainable Urban Form in Developing Countries? -- Part One Compact Cities in the Context of Developing Countries -- Introduction -- The Compact City Debate: A Global Perspective -- Compact Cities in Developing Countries: Assessment and Implications -- Compact City Policies for Megacities: Core Areas and Metropolitan Regions -- The Regional Dimension of the Compact City Debate: Latin America -- The Agricultural Consequences of Compact Development: The Case of Asian Cities -- The Need for Compact Development in the Fast-Growing Areas of China: The Pearl River Delta -- The Sustainable City as Metaphor: Urban Environmentalism in Medelln, Colombia -- A High-Density 'Instant' City: Pudong in Shanghai -- Urban Climate and Compact Cities in Developing Countries -- Part Two Intensification, Urban Sprawl and the Peripheries -- Introduction -- Can Urban Management Deliver the Sustainable City? Guided Densification in Brazil versus Informal Compactness in Egypt -- City Expansion Policy versus Compact City Demand: The Case of Dhaka -- The Inverted Compact City of Delhi -- Views from the Urban Fringe: Habitat, Quality of Life and Gender in Santiago, Chile -- Minimising the Negative Effects of Urban Sprawl: Towards a Strategy for Brazil -- Rethinking the Compact City: Informal Urban Development in Caracas -- Part Three Responses to Compaction at High and Low Densities -- Introduction -- The Relevance of the Compact City Approach: The Management of Urban Growth in South African Cities -- Cultural and Institutional Obstacles to Compact Cities in South Africa -- From Fragmentation to Compaction? The Case of Durban, South Africa -- High-Rise and High-Density Compact Urban Form: The Development of Hong Kong -- The Compact City of Hong Kong: A Sustainable Model for Asia? -- Part Four Transport, Infrastructure and Environment -- Introduction -- Transport Dilemmas in Dense Urban Areas: Examples from Eastern Asia -- Bangkok Mass Transit Development Zones -- Bulk Engineering Services: Costs and Densities -- Compact City Environmental Strategies: Calcutta's Urban Ecosystem -- Spatial Analysis of Urban Sustainability: Tainan City, Taiwan -- Energy Use and Household Income: A Developing Country Perspective -- Conclusion The Appropriateness of Compact City Concepts to Developing Countries -- Index. |
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Compact Cities : Sustainable Urban Forms for Developing Countries |
Autore | Jenks Michael H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Routledge, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 356 p.) : ill |
Disciplina | 711.4091724 |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology, Urban - Developing countries
Cities and towns - Growth City planning - Developing countries Sustainable development - Developing countries |
ISBN |
1-135-80389-7
1-135-80390-0 1-280-03223-5 9786610032235 0-203-47862-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction Sustainable Urban Form in Developing Countries? -- Part One Compact Cities in the Context of Developing Countries -- Introduction -- The Compact City Debate: A Global Perspective -- Compact Cities in Developing Countries: Assessment and Implications -- Compact City Policies for Megacities: Core Areas and Metropolitan Regions -- The Regional Dimension of the Compact City Debate: Latin America -- The Agricultural Consequences of Compact Development: The Case of Asian Cities -- The Need for Compact Development in the Fast-Growing Areas of China: The Pearl River Delta -- The Sustainable City as Metaphor: Urban Environmentalism in Medelln, Colombia -- A High-Density 'Instant' City: Pudong in Shanghai -- Urban Climate and Compact Cities in Developing Countries -- Part Two Intensification, Urban Sprawl and the Peripheries -- Introduction -- Can Urban Management Deliver the Sustainable City? Guided Densification in Brazil versus Informal Compactness in Egypt -- City Expansion Policy versus Compact City Demand: The Case of Dhaka -- The Inverted Compact City of Delhi -- Views from the Urban Fringe: Habitat, Quality of Life and Gender in Santiago, Chile -- Minimising the Negative Effects of Urban Sprawl: Towards a Strategy for Brazil -- Rethinking the Compact City: Informal Urban Development in Caracas -- Part Three Responses to Compaction at High and Low Densities -- Introduction -- The Relevance of the Compact City Approach: The Management of Urban Growth in South African Cities -- Cultural and Institutional Obstacles to Compact Cities in South Africa -- From Fragmentation to Compaction? The Case of Durban, South Africa -- High-Rise and High-Density Compact Urban Form: The Development of Hong Kong -- The Compact City of Hong Kong: A Sustainable Model for Asia? -- Part Four Transport, Infrastructure and Environment -- Introduction -- Transport Dilemmas in Dense Urban Areas: Examples from Eastern Asia -- Bangkok Mass Transit Development Zones -- Bulk Engineering Services: Costs and Densities -- Compact City Environmental Strategies: Calcutta's Urban Ecosystem -- Spatial Analysis of Urban Sustainability: Tainan City, Taiwan -- Energy Use and Household Income: A Developing Country Perspective -- Conclusion The Appropriateness of Compact City Concepts to Developing Countries -- Index. |
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New York, : Routledge, 2000 | ||
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Compact cities : sustainable urban forms for developing countries / / edited by Mike Jenks and Rod Burgess |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : E. & F.N. Spon, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 356 p.) : ill |
Disciplina | 711.4091724 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
JenksM (Michael)
BurgessRod |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology, Urban - Developing countries
Cities and towns - Growth City planning - Developing countries Sustainable development - Developing countries |
ISBN |
1-135-80389-7
1-135-80390-0 1-280-03223-5 9786610032235 0-203-47862-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction Sustainable Urban Form in Developing Countries? -- Part One Compact Cities in the Context of Developing Countries -- Introduction -- The Compact City Debate: A Global Perspective -- Compact Cities in Developing Countries: Assessment and Implications -- Compact City Policies for Megacities: Core Areas and Metropolitan Regions -- The Regional Dimension of the Compact City Debate: Latin America -- The Agricultural Consequences of Compact Development: The Case of Asian Cities -- The Need for Compact Development in the Fast-Growing Areas of China: The Pearl River Delta -- The Sustainable City as Metaphor: Urban Environmentalism in Medelln, Colombia -- A High-Density 'Instant' City: Pudong in Shanghai -- Urban Climate and Compact Cities in Developing Countries -- Part Two Intensification, Urban Sprawl and the Peripheries -- Introduction -- Can Urban Management Deliver the Sustainable City? Guided Densification in Brazil versus Informal Compactness in Egypt -- City Expansion Policy versus Compact City Demand: The Case of Dhaka -- The Inverted Compact City of Delhi -- Views from the Urban Fringe: Habitat, Quality of Life and Gender in Santiago, Chile -- Minimising the Negative Effects of Urban Sprawl: Towards a Strategy for Brazil -- Rethinking the Compact City: Informal Urban Development in Caracas -- Part Three Responses to Compaction at High and Low Densities -- Introduction -- The Relevance of the Compact City Approach: The Management of Urban Growth in South African Cities -- Cultural and Institutional Obstacles to Compact Cities in South Africa -- From Fragmentation to Compaction? The Case of Durban, South Africa -- High-Rise and High-Density Compact Urban Form: The Development of Hong Kong -- The Compact City of Hong Kong: A Sustainable Model for Asia? -- Part Four Transport, Infrastructure and Environment -- Introduction -- Transport Dilemmas in Dense Urban Areas: Examples from Eastern Asia -- Bangkok Mass Transit Development Zones -- Bulk Engineering Services: Costs and Densities -- Compact City Environmental Strategies: Calcutta's Urban Ecosystem -- Spatial Analysis of Urban Sustainability: Tainan City, Taiwan -- Energy Use and Household Income: A Developing Country Perspective -- Conclusion The Appropriateness of Compact City Concepts to Developing Countries -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822188503321 |
London ; ; New York, : E. & F.N. Spon, c2000 | ||
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Povera grande città : l'urbanizzazione nel Terzo Mondo / Marcello Balbo |
Autore | BALBO, Marcello |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : F. Angeli, c1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 215 p. ; 22 cm |
Disciplina |
307.7
711.4091724 |
Collana | Studi urbani e regionali |
Soggetto topico | Paesi in via di sviluppo - Urbanistica |
ISBN | 88-204-7559-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNISA-990000379050203316 |
BALBO, Marcello
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Milano : F. Angeli, c1992 | ||
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