Future forms and design for sustainable cities

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Personal Author:

Jenks, Mike

Publication Information:

Burlington, MA : Architectural Press, 2005

ISBN:

9780750663090

Subject Term:

Urban ecology

Cities and town

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Dempsey, Nicola

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Concentrating on the planning and design of cities, the three sections take a logical route through the discussion from the broad considerations at regional and city scale, to the larger city at high and lower densities through to design considerations on the smaller block scale. Key design issues such as access to facilities, access for sunlight, life cycle analyses, and the impact of communications on urban design are tackled, and in conclusion, the research is compared to large scale design examples that have been proposed and/or implemented over the past decade to give a vision for the future that might be achievable.

Author Notes

Mike Jenks is Professor Emeritus and Co-Director of the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development (OISD), Oxford Brookes University, UK
Nicola Dempsey is a Postgraduate Researcher, OISD, Oxford Brookes University, UK

Mike Jenks and Nicola DempseyBob Giddings and Bill Hopwood and Mary Mellor and Geoff O'BrienGuy BriggsAkiko OkabeLuca BertoliniRaymond GreenMarcial EcheniqueJustyna KarakiewiczStephen Lau and Jun Wang and R. Giridharan and S. GanesanPerry Pei-Ju YangBeverly WillisIneke HulshofTom J. Bartuska and Bashir A. KazimeeFerdinand S. JohnsHelena Webster and Peter WilliamsMike Jenks and Nicola DempseyKiyonobu KaidoNicola GillenSusan Roaf and Manuel Fuentes and Rajat GuptaJohn MardaljevicAlex Amato and Richard Frewer and Steven HumphreyNicola Dempsey and Mike Jenks

Contributors	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Section 1 The Big Picture: Cities and Regions	p. 11
1 Back to the City: A Route to Urban Sustainability	p. 13
2 The Intelligent City: Ubiquitous Network or Humane Environment?	p. 31
3 Towards the Spatial Sustainability of City-regions: A Comparative Study of Tokyo and Randstad	p. 55
4 The Multi-modal Urban Region: A Concept to Combine Environmental and Economic Goals	p. 73
5 Creating a Sustainable City Region	p. 95
6 Forecasting the Sustainability of Alternative Plans: The Cambridge Futures Experience	p. 113
Section 2 Designing for Sustainable Urban Form at High and Lower Densities	p. 135
7 The City and the Megastructure	p. 137
8 High-density, High-rise and Multiple and Intensive Land Use in Hong Kong: A Future City Form for the New Millennium	p. 153
9 From Central Business District to New Downtown: Designing Future Sustainable Urban Forms in Singapore	p. 167
10 Towards a Sustainable City: Rebuilding Lower Manhattan	p. 185
11 Upper City Transformations: A New Strategy for High-density Development	p. 207
12 Sustainable Cells of Urbanism: Regenerative Theory and Practice	p. 221
13 Sustainable Urbanity in a Powerful but Fragile Landscape	p. 245
14 Envisioning the Future: Sustainable Models for Rural Communities	p. 263
Section 3 Aspects of Design for Sustainable Urban Forms	p. 285
15 The Language and Meaning of Density	p. 287
16 Urban Densities, Quality of Life and Local Facility Accessibility in Principal Japanese Cities	p. 311
17 Emerging Work Patterns and Their Implication on the Strategy and Planning of Work Environments	p. 339
18 Solar Cities: The Oxford Solar Initiative	p. 355
19 Quantification of Urban Solar Access	p. 371
20 A Comparative Sustainability Assessment and Indication of Future Housing Trends in Hong Kong	p. 393
Conclusion: Future Forms for City Living?	p. 413
Index	p. 439

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