Compact Cities and Sustainable Urban Development: A Critical Assessment of Policies and Plans from an International Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781138730571 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 286 str.

Gert De Roo; Donald Miller

Opis

This title was first published in 2000.  The book seeks to encourage and contribute to the policy debate over the effectiveness of investments in a compact city strategy, providing an international perspective based on observed results.

Spis treści

1. Introduction – Compact Cities and Sustainable Development, G. de Roo, D. Miller  Part A: The Dilemmas of Compact City Development  2. Urban Consolidation and the Beliefs of Intensification, M. Jenks, K. Williams and E. Burton  3. Environmental Planning and the Compact City – a Dutch Perspective, G. de Roo  4. Compact Urban Policies in Randstad Holland, M. Dijst  5. Towards an Evaluation Methodology for Urban Concepts, D.M.E.G.W. Snellen, A.W.J. Borges and H.J.P. Timmermans  6. The Contribution of Conversation Areas to Urban Sustainability, J. Lynch and J. Doak  Part B: Problems in Renewing and Reusing Sites to Increase Densities  7. Urban Regeneration in Districts Built in the 1950’s, D.J. Tijl snf M.W.G. van Diggelen  8. Sustainable Inner City Renewal, H. Hinsley  9. Soil Sanitation: The Link with Urban Planning, H. Hofstra  10. ‘Polluter Pays’- but who IS it? Implications for Reclamation of Abandoned Industrial Sites, P.B. Meyer Part C: Measuring Environmental Quality Perceptions  11. Living with Industry in Compact Communities: Neighbourhood Safety and the Quality of Community Life, R.J. Burby, D.M. Moore  12. Green Grass and Brown Roots: Understanding Environmental Problems in Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods, J. Leitmann, G. McGranahan, C. Surjadi  13. ‘Bandwidth’, a Framework for Integration Between Environmental, Economic, Traffic and Other Urban Aspects, L. van Holten, P.M. Schildwacht, P. Segaar  Part D: Citizen Participation Strategies and Methods  14. Participation Strategies for Urban Infrastructure: The Australian Experience, D. Snashall  15. Citizen Mobilization for Environmental Justice: Facilitating and Inhabiting Factors, R.O. Washington 16.Reducting Auto Dependency in Central City: Visions and Expectations Turned into Concrete Participation, M. Schultz  17. Public Participation – For What Reasons?, T. Holsen  Part E: Impacts of Automobile Dependency in Compact Cities  18. Changing Mobility Patterns in a Compact City: Environmental Impacts, M.E. Bouwman  19. The Case of the Paris Region, and its Urban Density and Mobility: What Do We Know? What Can We Do?, V. Fouchier  20. Trip Making and Urban Density: Comparing British and Dutch Survey Data, A.M.L van Diepen  Part F: Strategies for Reducing Traffic Impacts in Compact Cities  21. The Leeds Transport Strategy, B. Walker and J. Wallis  22. The E-Scenario: A Different Way of Dealing with the Problems of Traffic in and Around Compact Cities, P. Ottens  23. Heavy Vehicles in the Compact City: A Combined Advanced Information/Land Use System, G. Dobilas, R.M. Soberman and A. Waterhouse

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Gert De Roo, Donald Miller