ABSTRACT

What can architects, landscape architects and urban designers do to make urban open spaces, streets and squares, more responsive, lively and safe?

Urban Sustainability through Environmental Design answers this question by providing the analytical tools and practical methodologies that can be employed for sustainable solutions to the design and management of urban environments. The book calls into question the capability of ‘quick-fix’ development solutions to provide the establishment of fixed communities and suggests a more time-conscious and evolutionary approach.

This is the first significant book to draw together a pan-European view on sustainable urban design with a specific focus on social sustainability. It presents an innovative approach that focuses on the tools of urban analysis rather than the interventions themselves. With its practical approach and wide-ranging discussion, this book will appeal to all those involved in producing communities and spaces for sustainable living, from students to academics through to decision makers and professional leaders.

part |2 pages

PART I TIME-CONSCIOUS URBAN DESIGN

part |2 pages

PART II ANALYSIS FOR THE SUSTAINABLE CITY

chapter 9|8 pages

Travel time budgets as a tool for sustainable urban design

ByPeter Newman

chapter 13|7 pages

Accessibility and user needs in transport: street audit toolkit

ByNastaran Azmin-Fouladi

chapter 14|4 pages

Raster cities: image-processing techniques for environmental urban analysis

ByEugenio Morello, Carlo Ratti

chapter 15|6 pages

The Communities in Action Handbook

ByOmbretta Romice, Hildebrand Frey

chapter 18|5 pages

Experiential landscape: revealing hidden dimensions of people-place relations

ByKevin Thwaites, Ian Simkins

chapter 21|4 pages

Conclusion