Ecopolis : sustainable planning and design principles / edited by Dimitra Babalis.

Title & Author:

Ecopolis : sustainable planning and design principles / edited by Dimitra Babalis.

Publication:

Firenze : Alinea, 2005.

Description:

183 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Series:

Cities, design & sustainability : series ; 1

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / by Franco Mancuso -- An introductory note : emphasis on some sustainable tools for the constantly changing relationships in the young ecopolis / Dimitra Babalis -- Masterplanning for sustainable communities / Dimitra Babalis -- Sustainable urban development and the fourth typology / Kees Doevendans -- The contribution of the design principles in shaping more sustainable urban spaces / Teresa Marat-Mendes -- Contextual planning : the role of park elements in the urban fabric / Han Lörzing -- Higher neighbourhood density as a sustainability issue : avoiding further environmental failures in mass housing / Philip Geoghegan -- Design principles for a sustainable urban and architectural design / Helen Maistrou -- Touching the spirit of sustainable design : an approach towards the analysis of sustainable design concepts / Geert-jan van den Brand -- Sustainable energy planning of urban areas : thermodynamics indicators / Carla Balocco -- Improving air movement in Mediterranean cities / Evangelos Evangelinos -- The thermal role of materials in Mediterranean cities / Flora-Maria Bougiatioti -- Bioclimatic design of water elements in Mediterranean cities / Aineias Oikonomou -- A process for sustainable urban planning and design : lesson learned from transforming the places of production / Danilo Palazzo -- Sustainable public spaces from the past : the hydraulic system of Park Güell / Albert Cuchí, Claudio da Silva, Isaac López Caballero -- Learning cities : building sustainable educational networks / Dimitris Thomopoulos -- Design approaches to the regeneration of S. Lorenzo a Greve, in Florence -- Contributors.

ISBN:

8860550068
9788860550064

Subject:

City planning.
City planning Environmental aspects.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Sustainable architecture.
Urban ecology (Biology)
Écologie urbaine.
Architecture durable.
urban environments.

Added entries:

Babalis, Dimitra.
Cities, design & sustainability series ; 1.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 261639
Call No.: BIB 192675
Status: Available

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