Burgess / Jenks Compact Cities

Sustainable Urban Forms for Developing Countries
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-1-135-80389-6
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten

This collection of edited papers forms part of the Compact City Series, creating a companion volume to The Compact City (1996) and Achieving Sustainable Urban Form (2000) and extends the debate to developing countries. This book examines and evaluates the merits and defects of compact city approaches in the context of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Issues of theory, policy and practice relating to sustainability of urban form are examined by a wide range of international academics and practitioners.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burgess, Rod

Jenks, Mike

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Berufe & Ausbildung
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Part One - Compact Cities: Theories, Methods, Models and Instruments. Part Two - Compact Cities: Environmental and Spatial Issues. Part Three - Compact Cities: Economic Development Issues. Part Four - Compact Cities: Social and Cultural Issues. Part Five - Compact Cities: Policymaking and Implementation. Part Six - Conclusions: Compact Cities: Sustainable Urban Forms?

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Mike Jenks is Deputy Head and Head of Research at the School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, Rod Burgess is Senior Lecturer at the School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University.