Sustainable Urban Planning (2008)
Architecture / Urban & Land Use Planning, - Architecture / General -
NOT_MATURE -
Robert Riddell
Overview
<p><b><i>Sustainable Urban Planning</i> introduces the principles and practices behind urban and regional planning in the context of environmental sustainability.</b></p> <ul> <li>This timely text introduces the principles and practice behind urban and regional planning in the context of environmental sustainability.</li> <li>Reflects a growing recognition that cities, where the majority of humans now live, need to be developed in a sustainable way.</li> <li>Weaves together the concerns of planning, capitalism, development, and cultural and environmental preservation.</li> <li>Helps students and planners to marry the needs of the environment with the need for financial gain.</li> </ul>