ABSTRACT
There is need for change in our currently unsustainable cities. Carefully outlining paths towards better, sustainable ways of urban living, this book proposes a radical change in the ways we conceive and live our urban environments.
Bringing together diverse cultural and disciplinary views on urban sustainability, eighteen leading academics and practitioners in sustainable architecture and urbanism explore global concerns of sustainability and urbanity.
This broad range of issues are clearly articulated and linked to concrete places and projects, merging research and cutting-edge design investigations to promote environmentally and culturally sensitive urban futures.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|67 pages
The Compact City, Strategies and Success Stories
chapter 5|11 pages
From the Compact City to the Defragmented City
part II|86 pages
Other Cultures, Approaches and Strategies
chapter 7|11 pages
Excavating the Lost Commons
chapter 9|13 pages
The Cultural Challenge for Sustainable Cities
chapter 10|16 pages
Geometries of Life and Formlessness
part III|31 pages
Other Scales and Sensibilities
