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Planning and design strategies for sustainability and profit : pragmatic sustainable design on building and urban scales / Adrian Pitts.

By: Pitts, Adrian C.
Publisher: Oxford ; Boston : Architectural Press 2003Edition: [1st ed.].Description: xi, 244 p., [30] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), 2 maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0750654643.Subject(s): City planning -- Economic aspects | City planning -- Environmental aspects | Sustainable architecture -- Economic aspects | Sustainable developmentDDC classification: 711.14
Contents:
Part A: The background: sustainability in context. Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: Drivers for change. Part B: Planning and designing for sustainability. Chapter 3: Strategic environmental planning issues. Chapter 4: Designing the built environment. Chapter 5: Assessment methodologies Part C: Exploiting the potential. Chapter 6: Profiting from sustainable design and development Chapter 7: Case studies (includes: Leicester, Newark and Bedzed, UK Austin, Chatanooga and Portland, US Malmo, Sweden Melbourne and Sydney, Australia Hong Kong). Chapter 8: The way forward. Bibliography and websites.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part A: The background: sustainability in context. Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: Drivers for change. Part B: Planning and designing for sustainability. Chapter 3: Strategic environmental planning issues. Chapter 4: Designing the built environment. Chapter 5: Assessment methodologies Part C: Exploiting the potential. Chapter 6: Profiting from sustainable design and development Chapter 7: Case studies (includes: Leicester, Newark and Bedzed, UK Austin, Chatanooga and Portland, US Malmo, Sweden Melbourne and Sydney, Australia Hong Kong). Chapter 8: The way forward. Bibliography and websites.