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Sustainable cities : assessing the performance and practice of urban environments /
"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 tas...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
I.B. Tauris,
2016.
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| Colección: | International library of human geography ;
37. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.