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By the end of the twenty-first century it is thought that three-quarters of the world's population will be urban; our future is in cities. Making these cities healthy, vibrant and sustainable is an exceptional challenge which this book addresses. It sets out some of the basic principles of the design of our future cities and, through a series of carefully-selected case studies from leading designers' experience, illustrates how these ideas can be put into practice.

Building on the first edition's original format of design guidance and case studies, this new edition updates the ideas and techniques resulting from further research and practice by the contributors. This book emphasises the enormous progress made towards exciting new designs that integrate good design with resource efficiency.

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• Part 1 Sustainable Urban Design Concepts
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Urban planning and design
• 3 Transportation
• 4 Landscape and nature in the city
• 5 Building design
• 6 Energy and information
• 7 Materials
• 8 Water
• 9 Waste and resource
• 10 Summary
• Part 2 Case Studies
• 11 Coopers Road Estate regeneration
• 12 Parkmount: streetscape and solar design
• 13 Coin Street Housing: the architecture of engagement
• 14 Sustainable design in an urban context: three case studies
• 15 BEDzed: Beddington zero-fossil energy development
• 16 Bo01 and Flagghusen: ecological city districts in Malmo, Sweden
• 17 Stonebridge: negotiating between traditional and modernist models of city housing
• 18 'Made in Stockwell' and Deptford Wharves
• 19 Millennium Water: Vancouver's Olympic Village, Canada

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Adam Ritchie is a Partner of Max Fordham LLP and leads the practice's sustainable urban design group.

Randall Thomas is a consultant to Max Fordham LLP, a Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge and Professor of Sustainable Environmental Design at Kingston University.