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Title:
Cities people planet : liveable cities for a sustainable world
Personal Author:
Girardet, Herbert
Publication Information:
Chichester : Wiley-Academy, 2004
ISBN:
9780470865750
Subject Term:
Urban ecology

City planning -- Environmental aspects

Sustainable architecture

Urban renewal

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Summary

Summary

There is a huge amount of interest in the future of the planet and how architecture and design can contribute to this.

This book considers the ecological design of the city and includes ideas and best practice examples of ecological architectural and urban design around the world.

The tone of the book is extremely accessible as it demonstrates how small changes in one area of the world can have impacts elsewhere. It gives an optimistic view and leaves the reader fascinated at the intricacies of the planet's ecosystems and how architecture and urban design can affect it.

Examples range from Ladbroke Grove solar city in London to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Copenhagen, Curitiba, Tokyo, Sao Paulo, Helsinki, Portland Oregon, New York and New Delhi It is an extremely well rounded book with a balance of focus across history and around the world It is set to be a complete and comprehensive work on this popular area It is written by one of the leading figures in this field


Author Notes

Herbert Girardet is a leading author on sustainable development. He is author and co-author of eight books, and of many TV documentaries on this subject. He is a UN Global 500 Award recipient and an honorary fellow of The Royal Institute of British Architects. He is chairman of the Schumacher Society, UK


Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1 Big Feet, Small Planet
Chapter 2 In the Beginning
Chapter 3 From Rome to Edo
Chapter 4 Technology-Triumph and Tragedy
Chapter 5 Globalisation and Megacity Growth
Chapter 6 Cities as Eco-Technical Systems
Chapter 7 Transport and the City
Chapter 8 Creating Liveable Cities
Chapter 9 Solar Cities-From Theory to Practice
Chapter 10 Towards Zero Waste
Chapter 11 Using Water Efficiently
Chapter 12 Relearning Urban Agriculture
Chapter 13 Building EcoPolis
Notes
Bibliography
Index