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Edited By
Mike Jenks, Head of Department of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Nicola Dempsey, Postgraduate Researcher, Oxford Brookes University, UK.
Description
Concentrating on the planning and design of cities, the three sections take a logical route through the discussion from the broad considerations
at regional and city scale, to the larger city at high and lower densities through to design considerations on the smaller block scale.
Key design issues such as access to facilities, access for sunlight, life cycle analyses, and the impact of communications on urban design
are tackled, and in conclusion, the research is compared to large scale design examples that have been proposed and/or implemented over
the past decade to give a vision for the future that might be achievable.
Audience
Readership (primary): Undergraduate and postgraduate students of architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, urban planning and
related disciplines, such as Urban Geography. Academics in the same fields.
Readership (secondary): Professional architects, landscape
architects, urban designers, urban planners.
Contents
Introduction: Sustainable Urban Forms: Pointers to the Future? (Mike Jenks); Section One - The Big Picture: Cities and Regions; Introduction
(Mike Jenks); Back to the City: A Route to Urban Sustainability (B. Giddings, B. Hopwood, M. Mellor and G. O'Brien); The Intelligent
City: Ubiquitous Network or Humane Environment (N. Gillen and G. Briggs); Towards the Spatial Sustainability of City Regions (A. Okabe);
Urban Planning and design: The Multi-modal Urban Region (L. Bertolini; Creating a Sustainable City Region (R. Green); A Land Consumption
Model: Future Spatial Development (A. Frenkel); Forecasting the Sustainability of Alternative Plans (M. Echenique); Section Two - Designing
for Sustainable Urban Form at High and Lower Densities: Introduction (Mike Jenks); High-density, High-rise and Multiple Intensive Land
Use in Hong Kong: A Future City Form for the New Millennium (S. Lau); The City as Megastructure (J. Karakiewcz); From Central Business
District to New Downtown: Revitalisation in Singapore (P. Yang); Towards a Sustainable City: Rebuilding Lower Manhattan (B. Willis);
Roof City Transformations: A New Strategy (I. Hulshof); Sustainable Cells of Urbanism: A Regenerative Theory (T. Bartuska and B. Kazimee);
Sustainable Urbanity in a Powerful but Fragile Landscape (F. Johns); Envisioning the Future: Sustainable Models for Rural Communities
(H. Webster and P. Williams); Part Three - Aspects of Design for Sustainable Urban Forms: Introduction (Mike Jenks); The Language and
Meaning of Density (M. Jenks and S. Green); Urban Densities and Accessibility to Local Facilities (K. Kaido); Emerging Work Patterns
and their Place in Designing the City (N. Gillen); Solar Cities: The 'Solar Oxford' Initiative (S. Roaf, M. Fuentes and R. Gupta); Daylight
for Urban Living: Solar Access Modelling for Public Spaces in Dense Urban Areas (J. Mardaljevic); High-density Housing Blocks: A Comparative
Sustainability Assessment (A. Amato, R. Frewer and S. Humphrey); Conclusion: Future Forms for City living? (Mike Jenks)
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Paperback, 456 pages, publication date: JUL-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-6309-0
ISBN-10: 0-7506-6309-X
Imprint: ARCHITECTURAL PRESS
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