Designing sustainable cities in the developing world [electronic resource] / edited by Roger Zetter and Georgia Butina Watson.

Contributor(s): Series: Design and the built environment seriesPublication details: Gower House, Aldershot Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Company, 2006.Description: xviii, 210 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 307.1/216091724 22
LOC classification:
  • HT169.5 .D47 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Urban design and sustainability in the developing world / Roger Zetter and Georgia Butina Watson -- Urban form and transformation -- Cultural sustainability and development : drukpa and burman vernacular architecture / Regina Mapua Lim -- Rebuilding the identity of the city in history : the historic centre of Bethlehem-Palestine / Jane Handal -- Urban conservation in Mexican colonial cities : The historic centre of Morelia / Norma Rodrigo-Cervantes -- Involving local communities in the conservation and rehabilitation of historic areas in Mexico City: the case of Coyoacan / Yanet Lezama-López -- Value-led heritage and sustainable development : the case of Bijapur, India / Anwar Punekar -- Urban planning and sustainability in South Africa / Koyi Mchunu -- Designing people-based environments -- Development control and urban reform : the case of Belem, Brazil / Jose Julio Lima -- Urban change in residential layouts in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia / Mohammed Edrees -- Sustainable urban form : environment and climate responsive / Silvia de Schiller, Ian Bentley and Georgia Butina Watson -- Collaborative public open space design in self-help housing : Minas-Polvorilla, Mexico City / Luis Gabriel Juárez-Galeana -- Community involvement in planning and managing -- Sustainable open space in Mexico / Ana Maria Maldonado-Fuse.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Urban design and sustainability in the developing world / Roger Zetter and Georgia Butina Watson -- Urban form and transformation -- Cultural sustainability and development : drukpa and burman vernacular architecture / Regina Mapua Lim -- Rebuilding the identity of the city in history : the historic centre of Bethlehem-Palestine / Jane Handal -- Urban conservation in Mexican colonial cities : The historic centre of Morelia / Norma Rodrigo-Cervantes -- Involving local communities in the conservation and rehabilitation of historic areas in Mexico City: the case of Coyoacan / Yanet Lezama-López -- Value-led heritage and sustainable development : the case of Bijapur, India / Anwar Punekar -- Urban planning and sustainability in South Africa / Koyi Mchunu -- Designing people-based environments -- Development control and urban reform : the case of Belem, Brazil / Jose Julio Lima -- Urban change in residential layouts in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia / Mohammed Edrees -- Sustainable urban form : environment and climate responsive / Silvia de Schiller, Ian Bentley and Georgia Butina Watson -- Collaborative public open space design in self-help housing : Minas-Polvorilla, Mexico City / Luis Gabriel Juárez-Galeana -- Community involvement in planning and managing -- Sustainable open space in Mexico / Ana Maria Maldonado-Fuse.

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