The Resource The compact city: a sustainable urban form?
The compact city: a sustainable urban form?
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The item The compact city: a sustainable urban form? represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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The item The compact city: a sustainable urban form? represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 350 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: Compact cities and sustainability: an introduction / Mike Jenks, Elizabeth Burton and Katie Williams -- Part I. Compact city theory: Centrists, decentrists and compromisers: views on the future of urban form / Michael Breheny -- In favour of the compact city / Mayer Hillman -- Density, efficiency and equality in Australian cities / Hugh Stretton -- The compact city: a successful, desirable and achievable urban form? / Louise Thomas and Will Cousins -- How compact is sustainable -- how sustainable is compact? / Ernie Scoffham and Brenda Vale -- The search for a sustainable urban form / Michael Welbank. -- Part II. Social and economic issues: Running the gauntlet: a compact city within a doughnut of decay / Hedley Smith -- Economic and social issues / Christopher Knight -- The compact city and the market: the case of residential development / Charles Fulford -- The compact city and the quality of life / Martin Crookston, Patrick Clarke and Joanna Averley -- Not compact cities but sustainable regions / Ray Green -- Urban consolidation and the family / Patrick N. Troy. -- Part III. Environment and resources: The transport dimension / George Barrett -- Travel behaviour and local accessibility to services and facilities / Stuart Farthing, John Winter and Tessa Coombes -- Sustainable transport in a compact city / Peter Nijkamp and Sytze A. Rienstra -- Environmental stress and urban policy / Patrick N. Troy. -- Part IV. Measuring and monitoring: The precautionary principle and the compact city / Elizabeth Wilson -- The compact city and urban sustainability: conflicts and complexities / Elizabeth Burton, Katie Williams and Mike Jenks -- Environmental capacity of a historic city: the Chester experience / Peter Drummond and Corinne Swain -- City space and pollution dispersion: a modelling and monitoring exercise / Caitriona Ni Rianin, Ben Croxford, John Littler and Alan Penn
- Part V. Implementation: Who will care for compact cities? Richard Pratt and Peter Larkham -- Repairing our much abused cities: the way to sustainable living / Harley Sherlock -- Urban footprints: making best use of urban land and resources -- a rural perspective / Tony Burton and Lilli Matson -- The compact city and the need to travel: the implementation of UK planning policy guidance / Michael Breheny, Adrian Gurney and James Strike -- Sustainability in Scottish cities: two case studies of local management / Jim Johnson -- A new compact city form: concepts in practice / Louise Thomas and Will Cousins -- Conclusion: A question of sustainable urban form: conclusion / Mike Jenks, Katie Williams and Elizabeth Burton
- Isbn
- 9780419213000
- Label
- The compact city: a sustainable urban form?
- Title
- The compact city: a sustainable urban form?
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- UkLiU
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1967-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Jenks, M.
- Burton, Elizabeth
- Williams, Katie
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sociology, Urban
- Cities and towns
- City planning
- Sustainable development
- Label
- The compact city: a sustainable urban form?
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Introduction: Compact cities and sustainability: an introduction / Mike Jenks, Elizabeth Burton and Katie Williams -- Part I. Compact city theory: Centrists, decentrists and compromisers: views on the future of urban form / Michael Breheny -- In favour of the compact city / Mayer Hillman -- Density, efficiency and equality in Australian cities / Hugh Stretton -- The compact city: a successful, desirable and achievable urban form? / Louise Thomas and Will Cousins -- How compact is sustainable -- how sustainable is compact? / Ernie Scoffham and Brenda Vale -- The search for a sustainable urban form / Michael Welbank. -- Part II. Social and economic issues: Running the gauntlet: a compact city within a doughnut of decay / Hedley Smith -- Economic and social issues / Christopher Knight -- The compact city and the market: the case of residential development / Charles Fulford -- The compact city and the quality of life / Martin Crookston, Patrick Clarke and Joanna Averley -- Not compact cities but sustainable regions / Ray Green -- Urban consolidation and the family / Patrick N. Troy. -- Part III. Environment and resources: The transport dimension / George Barrett -- Travel behaviour and local accessibility to services and facilities / Stuart Farthing, John Winter and Tessa Coombes -- Sustainable transport in a compact city / Peter Nijkamp and Sytze A. Rienstra -- Environmental stress and urban policy / Patrick N. Troy. -- Part IV. Measuring and monitoring: The precautionary principle and the compact city / Elizabeth Wilson -- The compact city and urban sustainability: conflicts and complexities / Elizabeth Burton, Katie Williams and Mike Jenks -- Environmental capacity of a historic city: the Chester experience / Peter Drummond and Corinne Swain -- City space and pollution dispersion: a modelling and monitoring exercise / Caitriona Ni Rianin, Ben Croxford, John Littler and Alan Penn
- Part V. Implementation: Who will care for compact cities? Richard Pratt and Peter Larkham -- Repairing our much abused cities: the way to sustainable living / Harley Sherlock -- Urban footprints: making best use of urban land and resources -- a rural perspective / Tony Burton and Lilli Matson -- The compact city and the need to travel: the implementation of UK planning policy guidance / Michael Breheny, Adrian Gurney and James Strike -- Sustainability in Scottish cities: two case studies of local management / Jim Johnson -- A new compact city form: concepts in practice / Louise Thomas and Will Cousins -- Conclusion: A question of sustainable urban form: conclusion / Mike Jenks, Katie Williams and Elizabeth Burton
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- x, 350 pages
- Isbn
- 9780419213000
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Label
- The compact city: a sustainable urban form?
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Introduction: Compact cities and sustainability: an introduction / Mike Jenks, Elizabeth Burton and Katie Williams -- Part I. Compact city theory: Centrists, decentrists and compromisers: views on the future of urban form / Michael Breheny -- In favour of the compact city / Mayer Hillman -- Density, efficiency and equality in Australian cities / Hugh Stretton -- The compact city: a successful, desirable and achievable urban form? / Louise Thomas and Will Cousins -- How compact is sustainable -- how sustainable is compact? / Ernie Scoffham and Brenda Vale -- The search for a sustainable urban form / Michael Welbank. -- Part II. Social and economic issues: Running the gauntlet: a compact city within a doughnut of decay / Hedley Smith -- Economic and social issues / Christopher Knight -- The compact city and the market: the case of residential development / Charles Fulford -- The compact city and the quality of life / Martin Crookston, Patrick Clarke and Joanna Averley -- Not compact cities but sustainable regions / Ray Green -- Urban consolidation and the family / Patrick N. Troy. -- Part III. Environment and resources: The transport dimension / George Barrett -- Travel behaviour and local accessibility to services and facilities / Stuart Farthing, John Winter and Tessa Coombes -- Sustainable transport in a compact city / Peter Nijkamp and Sytze A. Rienstra -- Environmental stress and urban policy / Patrick N. Troy. -- Part IV. Measuring and monitoring: The precautionary principle and the compact city / Elizabeth Wilson -- The compact city and urban sustainability: conflicts and complexities / Elizabeth Burton, Katie Williams and Mike Jenks -- Environmental capacity of a historic city: the Chester experience / Peter Drummond and Corinne Swain -- City space and pollution dispersion: a modelling and monitoring exercise / Caitriona Ni Rianin, Ben Croxford, John Littler and Alan Penn
- Part V. Implementation: Who will care for compact cities? Richard Pratt and Peter Larkham -- Repairing our much abused cities: the way to sustainable living / Harley Sherlock -- Urban footprints: making best use of urban land and resources -- a rural perspective / Tony Burton and Lilli Matson -- The compact city and the need to travel: the implementation of UK planning policy guidance / Michael Breheny, Adrian Gurney and James Strike -- Sustainability in Scottish cities: two case studies of local management / Jim Johnson -- A new compact city form: concepts in practice / Louise Thomas and Will Cousins -- Conclusion: A question of sustainable urban form: conclusion / Mike Jenks, Katie Williams and Elizabeth Burton
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- x, 350 pages
- Isbn
- 9780419213000
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
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