Future Forms and Design for Sustainable Cities

✍ Scribed by Mike Jenks, Nicola Dempsey

Publisher: Architectural Press
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Leaves: 459
Edition: 1st edition
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This collection of essays from international contributors presents the latest research about urban forms and how they can be made more sustainable in the future. However, unlike other books on urban sustainability, this book focuses on sustainable planning and design issues from the regional to the block scale.

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