Designing sustainable cities

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This book emphasizes new ways of designing for a sustainable city and urban environment. From several angles the future of our urbanism is illuminated. From a philosophical point of view, the city is seen as an organism, following complex ecosystemic principles, shining light on indigenous perspectives to become beneficial for sustainable design and core questions are asked whether current architectural practice is really sustainable. Simultaneously concrete practices are presented for cities i…

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Title Statements

Full title :Designing sustainable cities / Rob Roggema, editor.

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Publication Date:2020

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer
Place of Publication:Cham, Switzerland
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020

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Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (viii, 207 pages) : : illustrations (some color)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783030546861, 3030546861
DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-54686-1
oclc:on1224020654
LC Classification:HT241
Dewey Decimal:307.1416

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Designing the Sustainable City -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Missing in Action ... -- 1.2.1 Radicality -- 1.2.2 Integrality -- 1.2.3 Exploratory -- 1.2.4 Designerly -- 1.3 Neglected Concepts -- 1.3.1 The City as a Superorganism -- 1.3.2 Urban Metabolism, Closing Cycles of Flows -- 1.3.3 Becoming Regenerative, Making Use of Indigenous Knowledge -- 1.3.4 Design-Led, Underpinned with Monitored Data -- 1.4 The Great Divide(s) -- 1.5 Aspects of Sustainable City Design -- 1.5.1 Abstract Overarching Concepts

1.5.2 Concrete Monitoring of Sustainability Performances -- 1.5.3 Technocratic Underpinnings -- 1.5.4 Aesthetics of Beauty and Appreciated Cities: Design -- 1.6 Fields of Integration -- 1.6.1 Abstract Aesthetics -- 1.6.2 Technocratic Abstractions -- 1.6.3 Concrete Aesthetics -- 1.6.4 Technocratic Concreteness -- 1.7 Designing a Sustainable City -- 1.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: The Role of Indigenous Paradigms and Traditional Knowledge Systems in Modern Humanity's Sustainability Quest -- Future Foundations from Past Knowledge's -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Sustainability

2.3 Ecological Sustainability -- 2.4 Traditional Knowledge Sys…