Hugh Barton

Sustainable Communities

The Potential for Eco-Neighbourhoods

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 159mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781853835124
• ISBN-10: 1853835129
• Artikelnr.: 21577166

Autorenporträt

Hugh Barton is a lecturer, researcher and consultant on sustainable settlement planning and environmental decision-making. He has worked for many years at the University of the West of England and is currently Executive Director of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Healthy Cities and Urban Policy.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Setting the Scene - Conflicting Perceptions of Neighbourhood
Eco-Villages: Dream and Reality
Unsustainable Settlements
Part II: Rethinking the Neighbourhood Option - Do Neighbourhoods Matter?
Innovative Eco-Neighbourhood Projects
The Neighbourhood as Ecosystem
Urban Form and Locality
The Design of Neighbourhoods
Part III: Community and Subsidiarity - Design for Living: The Challenge of Sustainable Communities
Leading from Below: The Contribution of Community-Based Initiatives
Community Governance
Part IV: Managing Resources Locally - The Community Energy Utility
The Food Producing Neighbourhood
Planning Local Movement Systems
Community Safety and Actual Neighbourhoods
Towards Sustainable Communities
Appendices
Bibliography
Index