Achieving Sustainable Urban Form

Achieving Sustainable Urban Form

Achieving Sustainable Urban Form

By Edited by Katie Williams, Elizabeth Burton and Mike Jenks, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom

Achieving Sustainable Urban Form

Edited by Katie Williams, Elizabeth Burton and Mike Jenks

Oxford Brookes University, UK

Achieving Sustainable Urban Form represents a major advance in the sustainable development debate. It presents research which defines elements of sustainable urban form - density, size, configuration, detailed design and quality - from macro to micro scale. Case studies from Europe, the USA and Australia are used to illustrate good practice within the fields of planning, urban design and architecture.

Published by E & F N Spon on 31 March 2000. Price £35. ISBN 0-419-24450-6.

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Contents

Achieving Sustainable Urban Form: an Introduction- Katie Williams, Elizabeth Burton and Mike Jenks Part 1: Defining sustainable urban form IntroductionKatie Williams, Elizabeth Burton and Mike Jenks

  • Models and Pathways: The Diversity of Sustainable Urban Futures - Simon Guy and Simon Marvin
  • The Potential of the Compact City for Promoting Social Equity - Elizabeth Burton
  • Does Intensifying Cities Make them More Sustainable? - Katie Williams
  • Urban Form and Environmental Performance - Peter Newton
  • Energy, Transport and Urban Form in Australia - Michael Buxton
  • The New Millenium and the New Urban Form in Australia - Mohammad-Reza Masnavi
  • Housing Form, Energy use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Peter Newton, Selwyn Tucker and Michael Ambrose
  • Urban Form and Ecosystem Dynamics: Empirical Evidence and Practical Implications - Marina Alberti
  • The 'Ground Rules' of Sustainable Urban Form - Ernie Scoffham and Teresa Marat-Mendes

Part 2: Urban Form and Transport

Introduction

Katie Williams, Elizabeth Burton and Mike Jenks

  • New Dimensions Sustainable Urban Form: The Big Picture - Peter Newman and Jeff Kenworthy
  • The Transport Implications of Alternative Urban Forms - David Simmonds and Denvil Coombe
  • Accessibility in Swedish Towns - Mats Reneland
  • The Contribution of Mixed Land Uses to Sustainable Travel in Cities - Uyen-Phan Van and Martyn Senior
  • Assessing the Sustainability of Urban Development Policies - Helena Titheridge, Simon Hall and David Banister
  • The Exploding City Region: Should it, Can it, be Reserved? - Peter Headicar

Part 3: Approaches and Strategies for Achieving Sustainable Urban Form

Introduction Katie Williams, Elizabeth Burton and Mike Jenks

  • Development/Demonstration: An Adaptive Strategy - David van Vliet
  • Sustainable Urban Management Systems - Michael Crilly and Adam Mannis
  • Urban Form and the Sustainability of Urban Systems: Theory and Practice in a Northern Conurbation - Joe Ravetz
  • Compact Cities, Environment Conflicts and Policy Strategies: Complexity as a Criterion for Decision Making - Gert de Roo
  • The Acceptability of Urban Intensification - Mike Jenks
  • Sustainable Development Comes of Age: The Thames Environment 21 Experience - Hugh Howes
  • The Kent Design Initiative: Towards a Sustainable Future - Abigail Raymond
  • Review of the Wycombe District Local Plan: Comparative Strategic Site Assessment - the Goals Achievement Matrix - Guiseppe Zanre

Part 4: Built Form and Design Solutions

Introduction Katie Williams, Elizabeth Burton and Mike Jenks

  • The Contribution of Urban Villages to Sustainable Development - Michelle Thompson-Fawcett
  • Generating Models of Urban Sustainability: Vienna's Westbahnhof Sustainable Hill Town - Heidi Dumreicher, Richard S. Levine, Ernest J. Yanarella and Taghi Radmard
  • Sustainable Development in Southern California: The Case of Playa Vista - Alexander E. Kalamaros
  • The Hulme Estate and the 'Homes for Change' Development: Britain's First Major Sustainable Housing Project - Peter G. Fauset
  • Sustainable Urban Renewal: Kolding Denmark -David van Vliet and Torben Gade
  • Sustainable Social Housing for No Extra Cost? - James Morgan and Roger Talbot
  • A Sustainable Urban Matrix: Achieving Sustainable Urban Form in Residential Buildings - Tigran Hasic
  • Achieving Sustainable Urban Form through the Adaptive Re-Use of Buildings for Residential Use - Tim Heath.

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