Title & Author:

The Compact city : a sustainable urban form? / edited by Mike Jenks, Elizabeth Burton and Katie Williams.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

London ; New York : E & FN Spon, 1996.

Description:

x, 350 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Compact cities and sustainability: an introduction / Mike Jenks, Elizabeth Burton and Katie Williams -- Part I. Compact city theory: Centrists, decentrists and compromisers: views on the future of urban form / Michael Breheny -- In favour of the compact city / Mayer Hillman -- Density, efficiency and equality in Australian cities / Hugh Stretton -- The compact city: a successful, desirable and achievable urban form? / Louise Thomas and Will Cousins -- How compact is sustainable -- how sustainable is compact? / Ernie Scoffham and Brenda Vale -- The search for a sustainable urban form / Michael Welbank. -- Part II. Social and economic issues: Running the gauntlet: a compact city within a doughnut of decay / Hedley Smith -- Economic and social issues / Christopher Knight -- The compact city and the market: the case of residential development / Charles Fulford -- The compact city and the quality of life / Martin Crookston, Patrick Clarke and Joanna Averley -- Not compact cities but sustainable regions / Ray Green -- Urban consolidation and the family / Patrick N. Troy. -- Part III. Environment and resources: The transport dimension / George Barrett -- Travel behaviour and local accessibility to services and facilities / Stuart Farthing, John Winter and Tessa Coombes -- Sustainable transport in a compact city / Peter Nijkamp and Sytze A. Rienstra -- Environmental stress and urban policy / Patrick N. Troy. -- Part IV. Measuring and monitoring: The precautionary principle and the compact city / Elizabeth Wilson -- The compact city and urban sustainability: conflicts and complexities / Elizabeth Burton, Katie Williams and Mike Jenks -- Environmental capacity of a historic city: the Chester experience / Peter Drummond and Corinne Swain -- City space and pollution dispersion: a modelling and monitoring exercise / Caitriona Ni Rianin, Ben Croxford, John Littler and Alan Penn.
Part V. Implementation: Who will care for compact cities? Richard Pratt and Peter Larkham -- Repairing our much abused cities: the way to sustainable living / Harley Sherlock -- Urban footprints: making best use of urban land and resources -- a rural perspective / Tony Burton and Lilli Matson -- The compact city and the need to travel: the implementation of UK planning policy guidance / Michael Breheny, Adrian Gurney and James Strike -- Sustainability in Scottish cities: two case studies of local management / Jim Johnson -- A new compact city form: concepts in practice / Louise Thomas and Will Cousins -- Conclusion: A question of sustainable urban form: conclusion / Mike Jenks, Katie Williams and Elizabeth Burton.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0419213007 (pbk.)
9780419213000 (pbk.)

Subject:

Sociology, Urban.
Cities and towns Growth.
City planning.
Sustainable development.
Sustainable urban development.
Urban form.
City size.
Sociologie urbaine.
Villes Croissance.
Urbanisme durable.
Développement durable.
urban sociology.
sustainable development.
urban sprawl.
suburban growth.
Compacte stad.
Cities and towns.
Urban ecology
Urbanization

Added entries:

Jenks, M. (Michael)
Burton, Elizabeth, 1967-
Williams, Katie, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 266656
Call No.: BIB 198607
Status: Available