This book examines the planning of cities in global transition, looking at Australia's Greater Sydney as a case example. The focus is on metropolitan districts (groups of municipalities) within the Greater Sydney region. The subjects of global transition and sustainable urban planning (SUP) are introduced in Chapter 1. How Greater Sydney approaches planning of its region and its districts is then outlined in Chapter 2. In this chapter, three case study districts are selected for critiquing planning in the face of population and new development changes. The districts, beyond the City of...
This book examines the planning of cities in global transition, looking at Australia's Greater Sydney as a case example. The focus is on metropolitan ...
This book offers an extended case study of the urban community of Bushwick, located in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The authors begin with a broad review of the history of Bushwick and Brooklyn, from before the earliest European settlements of the 1600s, through the 18th and 19th centuries and up the 1960s. Chapter Two begins by tracing the steep decline of the community, which culminated in catastrophic fires and looting in the wake of New York's electrical blackout of 1977 and goes on to describe the beginnings of urban planning and renewal efforts which launched the recovery...
This book offers an extended case study of the urban community of Bushwick, located in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The authors begin wit...
This book presents a framework which incorporates social-cultural, environmental and economic sustainability principles in the process of urban planning. It examines a range of urban planning practices, outlining both qualitative and quantitative tools.
This book presents a framework which incorporates social-cultural, environmental and economic sustainability principles in the process of urban planni...
This book offers an extended case study of the urban community of Bushwick, located in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The authors begin with a broad review of the history of Bushwick and Brooklyn, from before the earliest European settlements of the 1600s, through the 18th and 19th centuries and up the 1960s. Chapter Two begins by tracing the steep decline of the community, which culminated in catastrophic fires and looting in the wake of New York s electrical blackout of 1977 and goes on to describe the beginnings of urban planning and renewal efforts which launched the recovery...
This book offers an extended case study of the urban community of Bushwick, located in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The authors begin wit...
