The Sustainable Urban Development Reader : txt
edited by Stephen M. Wheeler and Timothy Beatley.
- Third edition
- xvi, 494 p. ill. ; 25 cm. book
- Urban Reader Series. .
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-478).
Contents: Acknowledgments xvii -- Introduction to the third edition 1 -- Part 1 Origins of the Sustainability Concept 7 -- Introduction 8 -- The Three Magnets and The Town Country Magnet from Garden Cities of Tomorrow (1898) Ebenezer Howard 11 -- Cities and the Crisis of Civilization’’ from The Culture of Cities (1938) Lewis Mumford 19 -- The Land Ethic from A Sand County Almanac (1949) Aldo Leopold 24 -- Orthodox Planning and The North End from The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) Jane Jacobs 34 -- Plight and Prospect from Design With Nature (1969) Ian L. McHarg 39 -- The Development of Underdevelopment from Capitalism and Underdevelopment in Latin America (1967) Andre Gunder Frank 45 -- Perspectives, Problems, and Models from The Limits to Growth (1972) Donella Meadowns, Dennis L. Meadowns, Jorgen Randers, and William W. Behrens III 50 -- The Steady State Economy from Toward a Steady State Economy (1973) Herman Daly 55 -- City and Nature from The Granite Garden: Urban Nature and Human Design (1984) Anne Whiston Spirn 61 -- Economic development 261 -- The Economic System and Natural Environments from the Introduction and Conclusion to Blueprint for a Sustainable Economy (2000) David Pearce and Edward B. Barbier 263 -- Preparing for a New Economic Era from Environment and Urbanization (1996) David C. Korten 269 -- Natural Capitalism from Mother Jones (1997) Paul Hawken 276 -- Import Replacement from Going Local: Creating Self Reliant Communities in a Global Age (1998) Michael Shuman 285 -- Strengthening Local Economies from State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future (2007) Mark Roseland with Lena Soots 293 -- Green Jobs from Green Jobs: Working for People and the Environment (2008) Michael Renner, Sean Seeney, Jill Kubit and Lisa Mastny 304 -- Green architecture and building 309 -- Design, Ecology, Ethics and the Making of Things: A sermon given at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City (1993) William McDonough 311 -- Principles of Green Architecture from Green Architecture 1991 Brenda Vale and Robert Vale 318 -- Sustainability and Building Codes from Environmental Building News (2001) David Eisenberg and Peter Yost 323 -- Introduction to the LEED Rating System United States Green Building Council 328 -- The Ten Commandments of Cost Effective Green Building Design from Green Building Through Integrated Design (2009) Leith Sharp 334 -- Food systems and health 337 -- The Food Movement, Rising from The New York Review of Books (2010) Michael Pollan 339 -- The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply from Stolen Harvest (200) Vandana Shiva 344 -- Physical Activity, Sprawl, and Health from Urban Sprawl and Public Health: Designing, Planning, and Building for Healthy Communities (2004) Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, and Richard Jackson 351 -- Slow is Beautiful from In {raise of Slowness (2004) Carl Honoré 359 -- Part 3 Sustainability Planning Tools and Politics 365 -- Introduction 366 -- Urban Sustainability Reporting from Journal of the American Planning Association (1996) Virginia W. Maclaren 367 -- What Is an Ecological Footprint? from Our Ecological Footprint (1996) Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees 375 -- Seeing Change from Looking at Cities (1985) Allan Jacobs 384 -- For Planners, Investment in Social Media Pays Dividens from Planetizen, www.planetizen.com (2013) Jessica Hsu 389 -- Multilevel Governance for the Sustainability Transition from Globalism, Localism and Identity: Fresh Perspectives on the Transition to Sustainability (2001) Uno Svedin, Tim O’Riordan, and Andrew Jordan 392 -- A Progressive Politics of Meaning from The Politics of Meaning: Restoring Hope and Pssibility in an Age of Cynicism (1993) Michael Lerner 400 -- The Story of Change from The Story of Stuff Project (2012) Annie Leonard 406 -- Part 4 Sustainable Urban Development Internationally 409 -- Introduction 410 -- Urban Planning in Curitiba from Scientific American (1996) Jonas Rabinovich and Joseph Leitmann 411 -- Planning for Sustainability in European Cities: A Review of Practice in Leading Cities (2003; updated 2013) Timothy Beatley 422 -- Collective Action Toward a Sustainable City: Citizens’ Movements and Environmental Politics in Taipei from Livable Cities? Urban Struggles for Livelihood and Sustainability (2202) Hsin Huang Michael Hsiao and Hwa Jen Liu 432 -- Sustainable Urban Development in China (2013) Kang Li Wu 447 -- Sustainable City: Crisis and Opportunity in Mexico from Sustaining Cities: Urban Policies, Practices, and Perceptions (22013) Alfonso Iracheta 457 -- Climate Change in the Context of Urban Development in Africa’’ from Climate Change and Sustainable Urban Development in Africa and Asia (2011) Kempe Ronald Hope, Sr. 462 -- Protecting Eden: Setting Green Standards for the Tourism Industry from Environment (2003) Martha Honey 468 -- Part 5 Visions of Sustainable Community 477 -- Introduction 478 -- The Streets of Ecotopia’s Capital, and Car Less Living in Ecotopia’s New Towns from Ecotopia (1975) Ernest Callenbach 481 -- Description of Abbenay from The Dispossessed (1974) Ursula K. LeGuin 487 -- The View from the Twenty Third Century (2008) Stephen M. Wheeler 491 -- Part 6 Case Studies of Urban Sustainability 495 -- Urban sustainability at the building and site scale 497 -- Commerzbank Headquarters, Frankfurt, Germany 499 -- Menara Mesiniaga Bio Climatic Skyscraper, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 500 -- Adelaide Eco Village (Christie Walk), Australia 502 -- Condé Nast Building ( 4 Times Square), New York 504 -- Pearl River Tower, Guangzhou, China 506 -- Via Verde, New York 507 -- Barclay Ecological Park, Tainan, Taiwan 509 -- Urban sustainability at the neighborhood or district scale 511 -- Hammarby Sjostad, Stockholm, Sweden 513 -- Kronsberg Ecological District, Hannover, Germany 515 -- Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED), London 516 -- Greenwich Millennium Village, London 518 -- Nieuwland (Solar Suburb), Amersfoort, Netherlands 520 -- Village Homes, Davis, California 521 -- U.C. Davis West Village, Davis California 523 -- Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project, Seoul, South Korea 525 -- Weilai City Ecological Community, Dezhou, China 526 -- Shezhen Overseas Chinese Town, China 527 -- Urban sustainability at the city and regional scale 531 -- Vancouver, British Columbia 533 -- Bogotá, Colombia 535 -- Gaviotas, Colombia 537 -- Paris, France 539 -- Auroville, India 540 -- IBA Emscher Park, Germany 543 -- London, England 545 -- Masdar, United Aran Emirates 547 -- Songdo, South Korea 549 -- Austin, Texas 551 -- New York City 553 -- Portland, Oregon 554 -- Burlington, Vermont 557 -- Oslo, Norway 559 -- Singapore 560 -- Part 7 Sustainability Pedagogy and Class Exercises 563 -- Introduction 564 -- Sustainability Pedagogies from Sustainability education : Perspectives and Practice across Higher Education (2010) Debbie Cotton and Jennie Winter 565 -- Cognitive Mapping Exercise 573 -- Future Visions Exercises 573 Definitions of Sustainable Development 574 -- Role Plays to Analyze Points of View and Sustainability Decision Making 575 -- Sustainability Indicators Exercise 577 -- Personal Ecological Footprints / Household Sustainability Audit / Carbon Calculators 578 -- First Hand Analysis of Urban Environments 579 -- Regional Vision Exercise 580 -- Economic Development Exercise 581 -- Creek Mapping Exercise 583 -- Neighborhood Planning Exercise 584 -- An Ecological Site Plan 585 -- International Development Exercise 586 -- Mapping Your Own Block 588 -- Using YouTube Videos on Sustainability 588 -- Class Debates on Urban Sustainability 589 -- Studio or Service Learning Classes 589 -- Further reading 591 -- Illustration credits 596 -- Copyright information 601 -- Index 606 --
Building on the success of its second edition, the third edition of The Sustainable Urban Development Reader offers an unrivalled selection of classic and contemporary readings and case studies providing a broad introduction to this key topic. It begins by tracing the roots of the sustainable development concept in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, before presenting readings on a number of dimensions of the sustainability concept. Topics covered include land use and urban design, transportation, ecological planning and restoration, energy and materials use, economic development, social and environmental justice, and green architecture and building. All sections have a concise editorial introduction that places the selection in context and suggests further reading. Additional sections cover tools for sustainable development, sustainable development internationally, visions of sustainable community, and case studies from around the world. The book also includes educational exercises for individuals, university classes, or community groups, and an extensive list of recommended readings. The anthology remains unique in presenting a broad array of classic and contemporary readings in this field, each with a concise introduction placing it within the context of this evolving discourse. The Sustainable Urban Development Reader presents an authoritative overview of the field using original sources in a highly readable format for university classes in urban studies, environmental studies, the social sciences, and related fields. It also makes a wide range of sustainable urban planning-related material available to the public in a clear and accessible way, forming an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the future of urban environments --
9780415707763 9780415707756 9781315770369
2008000357
City planning Sustainable urban development Community development, Urban