Ecopolis

Architecture and Cities for a Changing Climate
2009
ISBN: 978-1-4020-8495-9
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 607 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1213 g

Reihe: Future City

From 2008, for the first time in human history, half of the world’s population now live in cities. Yet despite a wealth of literature on green architecture and planning, there is to date no single book which draws together theory from the full range of disciplines - from architecture, planning and ecology - which we must come to grips with if we are to design future cities which are genuinely sustainable.

Paul Downton’s Ecopolis takes a major step along this path. It highlights the urgent need to understand the role of cities as both agents of change and means of survival, at a time when climate change has finally grabbed world attention, and it provides a framework for designing cities that integrates knowledge - both academic and practical - from a range of relevant disciplines.

Identifying key theorists, practitioners, places and philosophies, the book provides a solid theoretical context which introduces the concept of urban fractals, and goes on to present a series of design and planning tools for achieving Sustainable Human Ecological Development (SHED). Combining knowledge from diverse fields to present a synthesis of urban ecology, the book will provide a valuable resource for students, researchers and practitioners in architecture, construction, planning, geography and the traditional life sciences.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Downton, Paul F.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Allgemeines
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Propositions, Theory and Practice.- The Ground Plan.- An Epistemology for Urban Ecology.- Architecture, Urbanism and Ecological Perspectives.- Weavers of Theory.- The Aesthetics of Ecopolis.- Finding Fractals: Identifying Elements of the Ecocity.- Building Fractals: Ecopolis Projects in Australia.- Towards a Theoretical Synthesis.- Synthesis I: City Ecology.- Synthesis II: EcoDevelopment.- Synthesis III: Education, Advocacy and Activism.- Synthesis IV: The SHED Sustainable Human Ecological Development.- Our Cities, Our Selves.