Designing Sustainable Cities

Buch | Hardcover

VIII, 207 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-54685-4 (ISBN)

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This book emphasizes new ways of designing for a sustainable city and urban environment. From several angles the future of our urbanism is illuminated. From a philosophical point of view, the city is seen as an organism, following complex ecosystemic principles, shining light on indigenous perspectives to become beneficial for sustainable design and core questions are asked whether current architectural practice is really sustainable. Simultaneously concrete practices are presented for cities in transformation, focusing on green infrastructure, smart city principles and health.

Prof. dr. ir. Rob Roggema is currently Professor of Sustainable Urban Environments. He is a Landscape Architect and an internationally renowned design-expert on sustainable urbanism, climate adaptation, energy landscapes and urban agriculture. He has previously held positions at universities in the Netherlands and Australia, State and Municipal governments and design consultancies. Rob developed the Swarm Planning concept, a dynamic way of planning the city for future adaptation to climate change impacts. Rob is the leader of the Urban Research Network and focuses in his research on resilient and smart urbanism. He is also leading the Sydney Urban_Institute in Sydney, which will research and implement intelligent solutions for current and future urban problems.

Chapter 1 Designing the Sustainable City.- Chapter 2 The Role of Indigenous Paradigms and Traditional Knowledge Systems in Modern Humanity's Sustainability Quest - Future foundations from past knowledge.- Chapter 3 Born, not made: designing the productive city.- Chapter 4 A new model for place development - bringing together regenerative and placemaking processes.- Chapter 5 The key role of systems thinking in sustainable architecture.- Chapter 6 Liveable Green Cities; integrating climate adaptive solutions and circular economy into the built environment.- Chapter 7 Post-earthquake recovery in Nepal: A study and analysis of post disaster perception and needs for housing recovery after 2015 earthquake.- Chapter 8 Tackling urban open space encroachment in a South African township: an exploratory study.- Chapter 9 The role of smart city initiatives in driving partnerships: A case study of theSmart Social Spaces Project, Sydney Australia.- Chapter 10 Fostering successful smart campus transitions through consensus-building: a university of technology case study.- Chapter 11 The role of landscape architectural designers in landscape construction health and safety.- Chapter 12 Sustainability, ReciproCity, Radicality.- Index

Erscheinungsdatum	30.12.2020
Reihe/Serie	Contemporary Urban Design Thinking
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 207 p. 70 illus., 55 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	503 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Technik ► Architektur
	Technik ► Bauwesen
Schlagworte	Complexity and Urbanism • green buildings • Landscape architecture • sustainable cities • Urban Design • urban geography and urbanism
ISBN-10	3-030-54685-3 / 3030546853
ISBN-13	978-3-030-54685-4 / 9783030546854
Zustand	Neuware