Christine Phillips

Sustainable Place

A Place of Sustainable Development

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This landmark publication examines the need for establishing a universal framework for assessing the sustainability of a place that can be used for any place, in any part of the world.

Using two case studies of two towns (San Gimignano, Italy and Ludlow, England) as a backdrop, the book examines their distinctive features and develops a framework for assessing their energy and environmental capabilities in light of their social, economic, political and cultural prerequisites. Discussion includes such key aspects of sustainability as geological formation, climate, external dependencies, communication and infrastructure, historical heritage, community and permanence of population.
_ Includes the author's own annotated drawings that complement the text.
_ Examines the background and current state of sustainability and provides practical examples of assessments of specific localities
_ Based on the author's own research

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 167mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 538g
• ISBN-13: 9780470847404
• ISBN-10: 0470847409
• Artikelnr.: 11098712

Autorenporträt

CHRISTINE PHILLIPS is an artist and writer living in Gloucestershire, England. She trained as an architectural perspectivist with Terence Cotterell in 1985. She was Visiting Architectural Perspective Artist in Cape Town in 1990-3, working on major projects such as the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront redevelopment and environmentally sensitive housing on Lion's Head, Table Mountain, before completing her PhD thesis in the AA Environment & Energy Studies Programme in 1995-8.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Introduction. CHAPTER ONE: CURRENT BACKGROUND Dialectical Process
Vehicle of Change
Local Agenda 21
Energy and Environment as a Driver for Change
Conclusion. CHAPTER TWO: PROBLEMS AND RESOLUTIONS Kyoto Climate Treaty and Bonn Agreement
Initiatives Toward Energy Efficiency
The Ecological Tax Reform (E.T.R)
Unequal Distribution of Wealth and Social Inequality
Environmental Assessment
Globalisation
Biodiversity
Urban Megalopolis
The City
Conclusion. CHAPTER THREE: FOUR PREMISES Interconnectedness
Limits to Growth
Energy
Interaction of Architecture and the Environment
An Environmental Aesthetic
Conclusion. CHAPTER FOUR: A FRAMEWORK OF ASSESSMENT. Master Plan
Indicators
Interconnectedness
Methodology
The Assessment and its Use
The Application of the Assessment
The Case Studies. CHAPTER FIVE: CASE STUDY: SAN GIMIGNANO, ITALY. Introduction
Stage 1 Observational Studies
Stage 2 Indicator Assesments
Stage 3 Capability Assessment
Stage 4 Determining. CHAPTER SIX: CASE STUDY: LUDLOW, UK. Introduction
Stage ;1 Observational Studies
Stage 2 Indicator Assessments
Stage 3 Capability Assessment
Stage 4 Determining. CHAPTER SEVEN: IN SEARCE OF AN AESTHETIC. Twentieth Century Background to Architecture
Twentieth Century Background to Landscape
Environmental Traditions
Leon Battista Alberti
Jay Appleton
Steven Bourassa and Roger Scruton. CHAPTER EIGHT: COMING THROUGH. Millennium Consortium, Redevelopment of the Fort Area of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Master Plan, Canon's Marsh, Bristol Harbourside, UK. Edward Cullinan Achitects
Coffee Creek Center, Chesterton, Indiana, USA. William McDonough and Partners. Conclusion. References. Acknowledgements.