To be sustainable, design professionals must develop innovative and creative solutions that tackle social, environmental and economic issues at the same time - and then communicate these solutions effectively to planners, developers and policy makers.
Addressing sustainability issues in relation to the design and planning of the urban environment is a complex, multi-disciplinary issue and solutions never arrive from a single perspective. This book uses design to consider when and by whom decisions that contribute to sustainability are made. Using three major city-centre case studies (London, Manchester and Sheffield) it considers social, environmental and economic factors and examines their relationship to the decision-making process.
Designing Sustainable Cities begins by identifying the key processes and lead decision-makers. The following chapters develop an understanding of the dimensions of sustainability, presenting the tools by which the dimension can be analysed. The later chapters illustrate the trade-offs and the relationships between the dimensions of sustainability - with case study examples - as well as the use of IT in making design decisions. Finally, the book makes recommendations for future approaches to the design, development and on-going management of urban environments.
Designing Sustainable Cities covers:
- Latest research data on the urban environment and the interaction between social, economic and environmental issues
- Methods of understanding the context in which urban design takes place
- Guidance on the codes of practice
- Process maps to help understand the context, make trade-offs and develop design solutions that allow for change
- Methods for testing the consequences of design proposals and monitoring outcomes.
Addressing sustainability issues in relation to the design and planning of the urban environment is a complex, multi-disciplinary issue and solutions never arrive from a single perspective. This book uses design to consider when and by whom decisions that contribute to sustainability are made. Using three major city-centre case studies (London, Manchester and Sheffield) it considers social, environmental and economic factors and examines their relationship to the decision-making process.
Designing Sustainable Cities begins by identifying the key processes and lead decision-makers. The following chapters develop an understanding of the dimensions of sustainability, presenting the tools by which the dimension can be analysed. The later chapters illustrate the trade-offs and the relationships between the dimensions of sustainability - with case study examples - as well as the use of IT in making design decisions. Finally, the book makes recommendations for future approaches to the design, development and on-going management of urban environments.
Designing Sustainable Cities covers:
- Latest research data on the urban environment and the interaction between social, economic and environmental issues
- Methods of understanding the context in which urban design takes place
- Guidance on the codes of practice
- Process maps to help understand the context, make trade-offs and develop design solutions that allow for change
- Methods for testing the consequences of design proposals and monitoring outcomes.