Downton Ecopolis

Architecture and Cities for a Changing Climate
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4020-8496-6
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 607 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Downton, Paul F.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Summary;7
2;Contents;9
3;Illustrations;13
4;Foreword;18
5;Introduction: The City Is My University;19
6;Propositions, Theory and Practice;28
6.1;I. People, Places and Philosophies;29
6.1.1;The Ground Plan;34
6.1.2;An Epistemology for Urban Ecology;55
6.1.3;Architecture, Urbanism and Ecological Perspectives;79
6.1.4;Weavers of Theory;101
6.1.5;The Aesthetics of Ecopolis;173
6.1.6;Finding Fractals: Identifying Elements of the Ecocity;192
6.1.7;Building Fractals: Ecopolis Projects in Australia;233
6.1.8;Colour Plates;325
7;Towards a Theoretical Synthesis;358
7.1;II. Rebuilding the Foundations;359
7.1.1;Synthesis I: City Ecology;365
7.1.2;Synthesis II: EcoDevelopment;424
7.1.3;Synthesis III: Education, Advocacy and Activism;461
7.1.4;Synthesis IV: The SHED Sustainable Human Ecological Development;499
7.1.5;Our Cities, Our Selves;542
7.1.6;APPENDIX 1: My Favourite Thought Experiment;557
7.1.7;APPENDIX 2: Density and Urban Villages;559
7.1.8;APPENDIX 3: City Size: the Case of Somerset and Adelaide;562
7.1.9;APPENDIX 4: Adelaide, Calcutta and theWestern Comfort Zone;564
7.1.10;APPENDIX 5: Charter for a New Municipium;565
7.2;Acknowledgments;567
7.3;Bibliography;570
7.4;Index;602