Future Forms and Design For Sustainable Cities

by Mike Jenks (Editor), Nicola Dempsey (Editor)

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.

Genres: Classics

460 pages, Paperback

First published August 29, 2005

Reviews

[Citra · Rating 4 out of 5]

The systemic and illustrative approaches taken are quite interesting, especially on the 10th study case about rebuilding lower Manhattan towards a sustainable city.