Planning Sustainable Cities - An Infrastructure-Based Approach

Informationen zum Autor Professor Pollalis is Professor of Design, Technology and Management at the Harvard Design School. He is the Director of the Zofnass Program for the Sustainability of Infrastructure that led to the Envision Rating System. He is the Principal Investigator of the project "Gulf Sustainable Urbanism" for 10 cities in the Arab Gulf, and the chief planner for the new DHA City Karachi. Klappentext Planning Sustainable Cities: An infrastructure-based approach provides an analytical framework for urban sustainability by developing a methodology approaching infrastructure as a series of systems that should function in synergy and be directly linked with urban planning. Zusammenfassung Planning Sustainable Cities: An infrastructure-based approach provides an analytical framework for urban sustainability by developing a methodology approaching infrastructure as a series of systems that should function in synergy and be directly linked with urban planning. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1. Sustainability, Infrastructure and Cities 1. The Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure 2. Planning Infrastructure Part 2. Sustainable Infrastructure Planning Guidelines 3. General Framework 4. Landscape as Infrastructure 5. Transportation Infrastructure 6. Water Infrastructure 7. Energy Infrastructure 8. Solid Waste Infrastructure 9. Information as Infrastructure 10. Food as Infrastructure Part 3. Examples of Planning with the Guidelines 11. New City in Asia 12. City Expansion in Europe

Product details

• Authors: Spiro Pollalis, Spiro (Harvard University Pollalis
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.06.2016
• EAN: 9781138188426
• ISBN: 978-1-138-18842-6
• No. of pages: 364
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Urban and municipal planning and policy, City and town planning: architectural aspects