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1 online resource (xlii, 342 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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data file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Understanding density and high density / Vicky Cheng -- Is the high-density city the only option? / Brenda Vale and Robert Vale -- Sustainability of high density / Susan Roaf -- Density and urban sustainability : an exploration of critical issues / Chye Kiang Heng and Lai Choo Malone-Lee -- Climate changes brought about by urban living / Chiu-Ying Lam -- Urbanization and city climate : a diurnal and seasonal perspective / Wing-Mo Leung and Tsz-Cheung Lee -- Urban climate in dense cities / Lutz Katschner -- Thermal comfort issues and implications in high-density cities / Baruch Givoni -- Urban environment diversity and human comfort / Koen Steemers and Marylis Ramos -- Designing for urban ventilation / Edward Ng -- Natural ventilation in high-density cities / Francis Allard, Christian Ghiaus, and Agota Szucs -- Sound environment : high- versus low-density cities / Jian Kang -- Designing for daylighting / Edward Ng -- Designing for wast minimization in high-density cities / Chi-Sun Poon and Lara Jaillon -- Fire engineering for high-density cities / Wan-Ki Chow -- Role of urban greenery in high-density cities / Nyuk-Hien Wong and Yu Chen -- Energy in high-density cities / Adrian Pitts -- Environmental assessment : shifting scales / Raymond J. Cole -- Social and psychological issues of high-density city space / Bryan Lawson -- Sustainable compact cities and high-rise buildings / Sung Woo Shin -- Microclimate in public housing : a environmental approach to community development / John C.Y. Ng -- Designing for high-density living : high rise, high amenity, and high design / Kam-Sing Wong. |
| Summary |
Compact living is sustainable living. High-density cities can support closer amenities, encourage reduced trip lengths and the use of public transport and therefore reduce transport energy costs and carbon emissions. High-density planning also helps to control the spread of urban suburbs into open lands, improves efficiency in urban infrastructure and services, and results in environmental improvements that support higher quality of life in cities. Encouraging, even requiring, higher density urban development is a major policy and a central principle of growth management programmes used by pla. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
City planning -- Environmental aspects.
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City planning -- Environmental aspects. |
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Sustainable urban development.
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Sustainable urban development. |
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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Urban ecology (Sociology) |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ng, Edward.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Designing high-density cities for social and environmental sustainability. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2010 9781844074600 (OCoLC)228374381 |
| ISBN |
9781849774444 (e-book) |
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1849774447 (e-book) |
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9781136546013 (e-book) |
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1136546014 |
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9781844074600 (hardback) |
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1844074609 (hardback) |
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