Sustainable Urbanism

The future of UK housebuilding

by Chris Goodier

Urban Planning in the Slum Areas of Mavoko and Nairobi

by Malte Warburg Sørensen

This report examines the urbanization processes occuring at the periphery of Nairobi, specifically the municipality of... more This report examines the urbanization processes occuring at the periphery of Nairobi, specifically the municipality of Mavoko. Based on case studies of different slum areas, three main barriers to sustainable development are identified: firstly, the distorted housing marked of Nairobi, secondly the political system in Kenya and finally the planning capacities of the Mavoko Municipal Council. The report points out the short-comings of current approaches to slum and suggests more sustainable solutions.

"Urban scatteration and traffic congestion: A case study on Tokyo

by Tawhid Monzur

published in university webpage

The Demand Potential of an Urban Freight Consolidation Centre

by marcucci edoardo

If Small is Beautiful.....Exclusive beats it.

by Alvaro HIDALGO

Luxury as a factor to set carrying capacity .TALC Luxury as a factor to set carrying capacity .TALC

The planning tools as quality control device of the urban sustainable projects. The case of the news local urban planning in Rome

by carola clemente

Arbizzani E.,Clemente C., Civiero P., Nocera M., Piermattei P,  (2007) “The planning tools as quality control device of the urban sustainable projects. The case of the news local urban planning in Rome”, in Braganca L., Pinheiro M.D., Jalali S., Mateus R., Amoêda R., Guedes M.C. (2007), Portugal SB07. Sustainable Construction, Materials and Practices. Challenges of the industry for the new Millennium (vol. 2, pp. 741-748). ISBN: 978-1-58603-785-7. Amsterdam: IOS Press (Netherlands);

The sustainability defines and invests concepts that only a variety and integration of knowledge can be able to... more The sustainability defines and invests concepts that only a variety and integration of knowledge can be able to govern, and raise different scales in which it can be researched and caught up. In this context, the conducted experience of the Municipality of Rome is inserted which marks a very important step in an initial stage of innovation and sensibilities of the new mode to conceive and manage building participants. At the threshold of a new season of social housing the quantity requirements are placed side by side with quality research which privileges many aspects of atmospheric and technological quality and characterizes both the interaction and natural atmosphere.

Two Different Scales of Bioclimatic Design: 1 City-1 House (greek version)

by Sofia Tsagkera

«Ένα σπίτι ή μία πόλη είναι ένα οικοσύστημα το οποίο παρέχει ένα βασικό τοπικό βιότοπο για τους ανθρώπους,... more «Ένα σπίτι ή μία πόλη είναι ένα οικοσύστημα το οποίο παρέχει ένα βασικό τοπικό βιότοπο για τους ανθρώπους, δημιουργώντας το δικό του μικροκλίμα, ενώ θα πρέπει να τους παρέχει, όσο το δυνατόν περισσότερο, άνεση και τροφή… Σε
κάθε επίπεδο, ο σχεδιαστής ή όποιος παίρνει αποφάσεις
θα πρέπει να προσπαθεί να μεγιστοποιεί το ποσοστό της
αυτονομίας του οικοσυστήματος, ενώ ταυτόχρονα, θα βελτιώνει τις ποιότητες που ενισχύουν τη ζωή».
(Barton et al, 1995)

Η παρακάτω ερευνητική εργασία εκπονήθηκε με σκοπό να
παρουσιάσει δύο εκφάνσεις της αειφορίας σε διαφορετικές
κλίμακες. Από τη μία μεριά, είναι οι αποφάσεις που πρέπει
να ληφθούν κατά το σχεδιασμό ενός αστικού κέντρου και,
από την άλλη, οι αρχιτεκτονικοί χειρισμοί που πρέπει να γίνουν κατά το σχεδιασμό μιας κατοικίας.

Mitigating Displacement of Low-Income Residents: A Practical Ideal Model for Cities

by Texas State PA Applied Research Projects

Nolte, Chad L., "Mitigating Displacement of Low-Income Residents: A Practical Ideal Model for Cities" (2011). Applied Research Projects, Texas State University-San Marcos. Paper 384.
http://ecommons.txstate.edu/arp/384

Purpose. The purpose of this research is to develop a practical ideal model for large metropolitan cities to use for... more Purpose. The purpose of this research is to develop a practical ideal model for large metropolitan cities to use for mitigating displacement of low-income residents, due to redevelopment. Displacement adversely affects low-income residents by breaking social ties in a neighborhood, and forcing residents to relocate; disadvantaging low-income residents. Method. A survey, based on the findings in the literature review, was sent to city officials to gauge opinions about the model and its methods/concepts. Results. The results of the survey determined which methods best help mitigate the displacement of low-income residents in gentrifying areas in cities. Conclusion. A city can alleviate problems associated with displacement of low-income residents by following a displacement plan specific to its needs as a community.

Á procura do centro: Marvila

by Cristovao Pereira

Getting to Carbon Neutral: A Review of Best Practices in Infrastructure Strategy

by Eugene Mohareb

A Political Sociology of Socionatures

by Damian White

Getting stuck into the grow or die/treadmill of production/ecological modernization, political ecology/new ecology/skepticism debate around political economy. Wrote this five years ago and I'm still amazed by how little US environmental sociology and political ecology engage with each other. It's almost as if they live in different worlds.....

Technonatures Introduction White Wilbert

by Damian White

An attempt to survey and think through the political implications of hybridity discourses such as Latour and Haraway for environmental politics. This is the introductory chapter from D.White and C.Wilbert (Eds) Technonatures: Environments, Technologies, Spaces, and Places in the Twenty-first CenturyISBN13: 978-1-55458-150-4, 2009.

Lots of other really interesting cuts in the book from Erik Swyngedouw, Sarah Whatmore, Mike Michael, Steve Hinchliffe and others ...check it out at Available from http://www.wlu.ca/press/Catalog/white-wilbert.shtml

Post Industrial Possibilities and Urban Social Ecologies

by Damian White

Thinking about the legacy of Murray Bookchin after his death for environmental social theory and politics. Yes, he could be a big pain in the ass. However, his focus on urban ecology, post Malthusian social ecological politics, post scarcity focus, ecological humanism and attempt to initiate a discussion about the need for a 'green industrial revolution' was seminal and still unacknowledged and much of his broad aspirations were proposing an much more interesting agenda than anything being proposed in much environmental sociology, cultural geography or political science.

Sustainable Urbanism: Vision and Planning Process Through an Examination of Two Model Neighborhood Developments

by Eirini Kasioumi

Berkeley Planning Journal Volume 24 (2011)

The emergence of the concept of “sustainable development” has provoked an interesting discussion about the physical,... more The emergence of the concept of “sustainable development” has provoked an interesting discussion about the physical, technological, and socio-economic attributes of the sustainable city, but there is less to say about the role of planning in achieving them. This paper explores the planning processes underlying two new neighborhood developments broadly regarded as exemplary sustainable districts: Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm, Sweden, and Quartier Vauban in Freiburg, Germany. I find that planning was proactive, in that the local government had considerable powers and resources to implement the plans; visionary and goal-oriented, in that planners pursued an integrated vision of interrelated goals and devised the means to achieve them; and collaboration-intensive, in that planners focused on increasing technical capacity and on building alliances with stakeholders. These empirical findings suggest that cities that want to pursue sustainability should adapt their planning process towards incorporating these characteristics.

Another gentle manifesto towards complexity, contradiction, multiplicity and pluralist democracy for the inhabitants of modern cities

by Constantinos Miltiadis

This is a preliminary draft of a study for a "dialexis" paper, later evolved to a different and larger analysis sharing some similar views, under the title: "Three analytic quasi methods, for a schizoanalytical urban experiment".
The present paper was written in May 2011, at Tecnica University of Lisbon, under professor Carlos Alho. The later paper was completed in Greek, in October 2011, under professor Dimitris Papalexopoulos of Technical University of Athens.

About residential architecture of modern metropolises, the choice or absence of choice that they offer for their... more About residential architecture of modern metropolises, the choice or absence of choice that they offer for their inhabitants, and the totalitarian aspect of architecture of the age of modernity. It focuses on the city of Athens, Greece, and at the end it proposes some kind of flexible and metabolizing urbanism.

Integral Sustainable Design: transformative perspectives

by Mark DeKay

New book. Available from Amazon, Earthscan, or Routledge web sites

This book offers practical and theoretical tools for more effective sustainable design solutions and for communicating... more This book offers practical and theoretical tools for more effective sustainable design solutions and for communicating sustainable design ideas to today's diverse stakeholders.

It uses integral theory to make sense of the many competing ideas in this area and offers a powerful conceptual framework for sustainable designers through the four main perspectives of: behaviours; systems; experiences; cultures.

It also uses human developmental theory to reframe sustainable design across four levels of complexity present in society: the Traditional, Modern, Postmodern, and Integral waves. Profuse with illustrations and examples, the book offers many conceptual tools including:

• twelve principles of integral sustainable design
• sixteen prospects of sustainable design
• six perceptual shifts for ecological design thinking
• five levels of sustainable design aesthetics
• ten injunctions for designing connections to nature.

Sun, wind, and light. Architectural design strategies

by Mark DeKay

Book, 2001, 2nd edition, by Mark DeKay and G. Z. Brown

also see www.sunwindlight.net

How to design... more also see www.sunwindlight.net

How to design buildings that heat with the sun, cool with the wind, light with the sky, and move into the future using on-site renewable resources

Developed for rapid use during schematic design, this book clarifies relationships between form and energy and gives designers tools for designing sustainably. It also:

* Applies the latest passive energy and lighting design research
* Organizes information by architectural elements at three scales:
* building groups, individual buildings, and building parts
* Brings design strategies to life with examples and practical design tools

Features:
* 109 analysis techniques and design strategies
* More than 750 illustrations, sizing graphs, and tables
* Both inch-pound and metric units

Towards a Responsive Architectural and Urban Education for Understanding of and Intervening in Islamic Societies, Ashraf M. Salama (2011)

by Ashraf M. Salama

Lonaard Magazine is a peer-reviewed periodical, publication of Lonaard Group in London, Issue 4, Volume 1, July 2011, ISSN: 2045 - 8150. PP. 130-137.

Without digging too deep into theorizing, this article offers a positional interpretation of ‘Islamic’ architecture,... more Without digging too deep into theorizing, this article offers a positional interpretation of ‘Islamic’ architecture, highlights the status of architecture and urbanism in Islamic societies, develops a contextual argument on how both object centered and value driven approaches to what constitutes ‘Islamic’ can be incorporated into a driving philosophy for developing an educational program for understanding of and intervening in Islamic societies. In essence, the article reflects on a recent effort by the author in articulating notions underlying Islamic Architecture and Urbanism into an educational program leading to Masters Degree in Architecture and Urbanism at the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, a member of Qatar Foundation for education, research, and community development. The degree program is presented as one of the conscious attempts toward drawing a larger picture of what is the essence of Islamic architecture. The program can be seen as a reaction to the global condition and based on a clear appreciation of the humanistic discourse of the past, present and future of Muslim cultures.

Berlino tra gestione e trasformazione

by Angelica Fortuzzi

published in 'Urbanistica Informazioni', 237 (2011), p. 23.

The City of the 21st Century: Conference Proceedings for the City of the 21st Century Conference, April 7 8 9, 1988

by madis pihlak