Achieving Sustainable Urban Form

Katie Williams, Mike Jenks, Michael Jenks, Elizabeth Burton

Taylor & Francis, 2000 - Cities and towns - 388 pages

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.

Contents

• Defining Sustainable Urban Form: 7
• The Diversity of Sustainable Urban Futures: 9
• The Potential of the Compact City for Promoting Social Equity: 19
• Does Intensifying Cities Make them More Sustainable?: 30
• Urban Form and Environmental Performance: 46
• Energy Transport and Urban Form in Australia: 54
• The Compact City in Practice: 64
• Housing Form Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 74
• Empirical Evidence and Practical Implications: 84
• The Ground Rules of Sustainable Urban Form: 97
• Urban Form and Transport New Dimensions: 107
• The Big Picture: 109
• The Transport Implications of Alternative Urban Forms: 121
• Accessibility in Swedish Towns: 131
• The Contribution of Mixed Land Uses to Sustainable Travel in Cities: 139
• Assessing the Sustainability of Urban Development Policies: 149
• Should It Can It Be Reversed?: 160
• Identifying the Connections: 174
• Approaches and Strategies for Achieving Sustainable Urban Form: 187
• An Adaptive Strategy: 189
• Sustainable Urban Management Systems: 202
• Theory and Practice in a Northern Conurbation: 215
• Complexity as a Criterion for Decision Making: 229
• The Acceptability of Urban Intensification: 242
• The Thames Environment 21 Experience: 251
• Towards a Sustainable Future: 258
• Comparative Strategic Site Assessment The Goals Achievement Matrix: 266
• Built Form and Design Solutions: 273
• The Contribution of Urban Villages to Sustainable Development: 275
• Viennas Westbahnhof Sustainable Hill Town: 288
• The Case of Playa Vista: 299
• Britains First Major Sustainable Housing Project: 303
• Kolding Denmark: 310
• Sustainable Social Housing for No Extra Cost?: 319
• Achieving Sustainable Urban Form in Residential Buildings: 329
• Achieving Sustainable Urban Form through the Adaptive Reuse of Buildings for Residential Use: 337
• Conclusions: 347
• References: 357
• Index: 383

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Bibliographic information

• Title: Achieving Sustainable Urban Form
• Editors: Katie Williams, Mike Jenks, Michael Jenks, Elizabeth Burton
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 2000
• ISBN: 0419244506, 9780419244509
• Length: 388 pages