TY - BOOK AU - Schroopfer,Thomas AU - AU - Hee,Limin TI - Ecologiacal urban architecture: qualitative approaches to sutainability SN - 9783034608008 AV - NA2542.36 S37 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Basel PB - Birkhauser Architecture KW - Architecture, Modern KW - Local KW - Urban ecology (Sociology) KW - Ecological houses KW - City planning KW - Environmental aspects KW - Buildings materials KW - Sustainable urban development KW - Sustainable development KW - Sustainable architecture N1 - Includes index; Introduction: ecological urban architecture -- Case studies: planning and implementing ecological urban architecture -- Materialize -- Mobilize -- Simulate -- Transform -- New perspectives: taking stock of green N2 - The goal of advancing eco cities often remains confined to political or technological issues. This book establishes a focus on architectural and infrastructural design approaches to sustainable urban development. Taking as a basis the critical assessment of the five prototypical eco cities of Vauban/Freiburg, solarCity/Linz, Valdespartera, Sarriguren/Pamplona und Bo01/Malmø., the book identifies fields in which architectural and urban designers can use their creative skills and methods to achieve sustainable results on the urban scale. The themes of Materialize, Mobilize, Simulate and Transfor ER -