Sustainable Urban Design

An Environmental Approach

Edited by Adam Ritchie, Randall Thomas

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• ISBN: 978-0-415-44782-9
• Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
• Published by: Taylor and Francis
• Publication Date: 12th December 2008 (Available for Pre-order)
• Pages: 256

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About the Book

By the end of the 21st Century it is thought that three-quarters of the world’s population will be urban; our future is in cities. Making these cities healthy, vibrant and sustainable is an exceptional challenge which this book addresses. It sets out some of the basic principles of the design of our future cities and, through a series of carefully-selected case studies from leading designers’ experience, illustrates how these ideas can be put into practice.

Building on the first edition's original format of design guidance and case studies, this new edition updates the ideas and techniques resulting from further research and practice by the contributors. This book emphasises the enormous progress made towards exciting new designs that integrate good design with resource efficiency.

Table of Contents

Introduction (Adam Ritchie & Randall Thomas) Part 1: The Toolkit 1. Urban Planning and design (Patrick Clarke) 2. Transportation (Robert Thorne, William Filmer-Sankey & Anthony Alexander) 3. Landscape and nature in the city (Chritina von Borcke) 4. Building design (Randall Thomas & Adam Ritchie) 5. Energy and information (Randall Thomas & Adam Ritchie) 6. Materials (Sarah Royse) 7. Water (Randall Thomas & Adam Ritchie) 8. Waste and resource (Adam Ritchie) Summary (Adam Ritchie) Part 2: Case Studies 11. Coopers Road Estate Regeneraiton, Southwark, London (David Turrent) 12. Parkmount: Streetscape and solar design (Richard Partington) 13. Coin Street Housing: the architecture of engagement (Graham Haworth) 14. Sustainable design in an urban context: 3 case studies (Alan Short) 15. BEDzed: Beddington zero-fossil energy development (Bill Dunster) 16. Bo01 and Flagghusen: Ecological city districts in Malmo, Sweden (Eva Dalman & Cecilia von Sceele) 17. Stonebridge: Negotiating between traditional and modernist models of city housing (Chris Watson) 18. 'Made in Stockwell' and Deptford Wharves (Katie Tonkinson & Adam Ritchie) 19. Millennium Water: Vancouver's Olympic Village, Canada (Rachel Moscovich)

About the Author(s)

Adam Ritchie is a Partner of Max Fordham LLP and leads the practice’s sustainable urban design group.

Randall Thomas is a consultant to Max Fordham LLP, a Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge and Professor of Sustainable Environmental Design at Kingston University.

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