Cities People Planet: Liveable Cities for a Sustainable WorldWiley, 2004 M12 15 - 296 páginas There is a huge amount of interest in the future of the planet and how architecture and design can contribute to this. This book considers the ecological design of the city and includes ideas and best practice examples of ecological architectural and urban design around the world. The tone of the book is extremely accessible as it demonstrates how small changes in one area of the world can have impacts elsewhere. It gives an optimistic view and leaves the reader fascinated at the intricacies of the planet's ecosystems and how architecture and urban design can affect it.
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Contenido
In the Beginning | 20 |
From Rome to Edo | 40 |
TechnologyTriumph and Tragedy 64 | 67 |
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Cities People Planet: Liveable Cities for a Sustainable World Herbert Girardet Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |
Términos y frases comunes
Adelaide Africa areas become Britain building carbon dioxide Catal Huyuk cent century Chapter China city's companies compost consumption create crops cultural Curitiba developing countries dump eco-village ecological footprint economic EcoPolis ecosystems electricity energy efficiency Enkidu environment environmental Europe farmers farmland fertiliser forests fossil fuels fuel cell gardens Girardet global growing hectares housing impacts improve incineration increase increasingly industrial kilometres land landfill large cities liveable cities living located London major million modern cities Paragominas parks photovoltaic planning plants pollution population problems production public transport recycling reduce reuse river Roman Rome Rome's rural sewage social soil solar solar hot water space sprawl Sustainable Cities tion Tokyo tonnes towns traffic transport systems urban agriculture urban farming urban growth Urban Splash urbanisation Uruk vegetables villages waste management waste water water supply wind Worldwatch Worldwatch Institute York zero waste