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Compact Cities

Sustainable Urban Forms for Developing Countries

Edited by Rod Burgess, Mike Jenks

This collection of edited papers forms part of the Compact City Series, creating a companion volume to The Compact City (1996) and Achieving Sustainable Urban

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2000 | Paperback: 978-0-419-25130-9 (Routledge)

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Landscape and Sustainability

Edited by John F. Benson, Maggie H. Roe

This unique book is about landscape, sustainability and the practices of the professions which plan, design and manage landscapes at many scales and in many…

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2000 | Hardback: 978-0-419-25080-7 (Taylor & Francis)

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Making People-Friendly Towns

Improving the Public Environment in Towns and Cities

Edited by Francis Tibbalds

Making People-Friendly Towns explores the way our towns and cities, particularly their central areas, look and feel to all their users and discusses their design,…

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2000 | Paperback: 978-0-415-23759-8 (Taylor & Francis)

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The Regeneration of Public Parks

Edited by Ken Fieldhouse, Jan Woudstra

The Urban Parks Programme, financed by the Heritage Lottery Fund, has sparked a new enthusiasm for the regeneration of Britain's parks. This unique reference book…

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2000 | Paperback: 978-0-419-25900-8 (Taylor & Francis)

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Achieving Sustainable Urban Form

Edited by Elizabeth Burton, Mike Jenks, Katie Williams

Achieving Sustainable Urban Form represents a major advance in the sustainable development debate. It presents research which defines elements of sustainable urban form - density,…

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2000 | Paperback: 978-0-419-24450-9 (Routledge)

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Ecology, Community and Delight

An Inquiry into Values in Landscape Architecture

By Ian Thompson

This book examines the three principal value systems which influence landscape architectural practice: the aesthetic, the social and the environmental, and seeks to discover the…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-419-23610-8 (Routledge)

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Environmental Planning for Site Development

A Manual for Sustainable Local Planning and Design

By Anne Beer, Cathy Higgins

Environmental planning forms the basis of all site development decisions and deals with the factors that must be considered before a site plan can be…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-419-24460-8 (Routledge)

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Landscape: Pattern, Perception and Process

By Simon Bell

Providing a fresh approach to the theory of design, Landscape: Pattern, Perception and Process synthesizes planning, design and ecology and shows a new view of…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-419-20340-7 (Taylor & Francis)

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Changing Suburbs

Foundation, Form and Function

Edited by Richard Harris, Peter Larkham

The editors and contributors to this volume demonstrate how suburbs and the meaning of suburbanism change both with time and geographical location.
Here the disciplines…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-419-22050-3 (Routledge)

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Towards an Urban Renaissance

By The Urban Task Force

The Urban Task Force, headed by Lord Rogers, one of the UK's leading architects, was established by the Department of Environment, Transport and Regions (DETR)…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-1-85112-165-6 (Routledge)

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