Urban Sustainablity Through Environmental Design 1st Edition by Kevin Thwaites, Sergio Porta, Ombretta Romice, Mark Greaves 041539547X 9780415395472

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ISBN 10: 041539547X

ISBN 13: 9780415395472

Author: Kevin Thwaites; Sergio Porta; Ombretta Romice; Mark Greaves

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.

Table of contents:

PART I TIME-CONSCIOUS URBAN DESIGN
Section One THE UNSUSTAINABLE LASTING OF TIME-UNCONSCIOUS URBAN DESIGN
1 Space and people: the case for socially sustainable urban design
References
2 Three core messages, or what we mostly should do
Adjusting the bourgeois city
Overcoming the cultural brake
Approaching time-conscious urban design
References

Section Two A COMMON GROUND – SPACE AND PEOPLE
3 The knowledge of order and complexity
References
4 The beauty of order and complexity
The importance of visual environmental quality to perceivers
The visual dimension of order and complexity
Urban aesthetics
The social role of organized complexity
References
5 The building of order and complexity
Note
References

Section Three TIME-CONSCIOUS URBAN DESIGN – CLUES TO A STARTING POINT
6 Cultural biases and disciplinary contradictions against time-conscious urban design
References
7 Notices of time-conscious urban design: practices and projects
Chapel Allerton, North Leeds, UK
The Phoenix Project, Coventry, UK
Mexicali
Kimihurura
References

PART II ANALYSIS FOR THE SUSTAINABLE CITY
8 Analytical techniques for a sustainable city
Practising an oxymoron: life-world, technical knowledge and the need for episteme diversity
The tools
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapters 15 and 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapters 19 and 20
References

9 Travel time budgets as a tool for sustainable urban design
Introduction
Transport and city form: why the TTB was created
What kind of centres are needed?
How does TTB work?
Local neighbourhood centre
Metropolitan centres
Politics of sustainable transport and urban design
Conclusions
Notes
References and bibliography

10 The generation of diversity: mixed use and urban sustainability
Introduction
Why was this tool created: mixed use or mixed messages?
Scale and distinctions
Tool development
Tool pilot
Conclusion
Acknowledgement
References

11 Multiple centrality assessment: mapping centrality in networks of urban spaces
Introduction
Why was multiple centrality assessment created?
For what and whom was MCA created?
How does MCA work?
MCA illustrated through an example application
Notes
References

12 Measuring the success of transit-oriented development using a sustainability framework: TOD outcome analysis
Introduction
A theoretical framework for evaluating sustainable development: why TOD outcome analysis was created
How does TOD outcome analysis work: measuring TOD success – lessons from Western Australia
Applying TOD outcome analysis to any city or region
Notes
References and bibliography

13 Accessibility and user needs in transport: street audit toolkit
Introduction
Why was the tool created? Rationale and scope
User-led GIS tool
Mapping the territory
Street audit
Case study pilot
References

14 Raster cities: image-processing techniques for environmental urban analysis
Introduction
Why was the technique created?
For whom was the tool created?
How does it work?
An application of the technique
References and further reading

15 The Communities in Action Handbook
Introduction
Why was this tool created?
How does the tool work?
Potential applications
References

16 Collaborative planning and design for a sustainable neighbourhood on Quebec City’s university campus
Introduction
The context: why was the consultative tool set up?
By whom and for who was the tool created? GIRBa’s research and action agenda
How does the tool work? The collaborative process
Defining the collaborative strategy
The collaborative process in three steps
Step 1. Challenges and issues: stakeholders’ points of view
Step 2. Prospective outlook: priorities and visions
Step 3. Making a plan together: design charrette
Assessment and prospective outlook
Notes
References

17 GIS behaviour mapping for provision of interactive empirical knowledge, vital monitoring and better place design
Introduction
Empirical knowledge for design research
GIS behaviour mapping as a tool for vital monitoring and better design
Conclusion
Notes
References and further reading

18 Experiential landscape: revealing hidden dimensions of people-place relations
Introduction
Why was experiential landscape created?
How it works
Professional reading
Non-participant observation
Anthropological tracking
Conversation
Role play
Semi-structured interviewing
Revealing the identity of Kirby Hill
Conclusions
References

19 Listening to and understanding the voices of people with learning disabilities in the planning and design process
Introduction
Disabled by design: why and for whom was the toolkit designed?
The field research: what is the toolkit and how does it work?
Informed consent
Site visits
Drawing workshop
Individual canvas workshop
Photo-elicitation interviews
Staff questionnaire
Public exhibition
Conclusions on participant experience
References

20 Listening to and understanding the voices of young children in the planning and design process
Introduction: the need to study children’s perception of space
A sequence of tools for the investigation
The Field Research
First phase: semi-structured interviews
Second phase: cognitive mapping and drawing
Concluding phase: adaptive photo-elicitation
Mapping the children’s experiential landscape
Conclusions
References

PART III CONCLUSION
21 Conclusion

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