1st Edition
Greening the Built Environment
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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This work aims to provide a possible specification of the problems involved in greening the built environment and an articulation of the solutions. It begins with a discussion of sustainability as a concept and its applicability to contemporary towns and cities. The following chapters take up particular aspects of the built environment and sustainability in greater depth and include the... Read more
What are We Doing Here? * The Built Environment and Sustainable Development * Energy Intensity in the Built Environment * Materials Intensity in the Built Environment * Transport and Land Use Planning * Health and the Built Environment * Sustainability and Social Equity * Community, Sustainability and the Built Environment * A New Economy and the Built Environment * the Way Forward * References * Index
Biography
Maf Smith is the Local Agenda 21 officer for the Borough of Barrow in Furness, Cumbria. John Whitelegg is professor of environmental studies at Liverpool John Moores University. Nick Williams is senior lecturer in geography at Aberdeen University.
