338 Pages
by
Routledge
338 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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This successful title, previously known as 'Building the 21st Century Home' and now in its second edition, explores and explains the trends and issues that underlie the renaissance of UK towns and cities and describes the sustainable urban neighbourhood as a model for rebuilding urban areas. The book reviews the way that planning policies, architectural trends and economic forces have undermined... Read more
Introduction; Part 1: The Origins, The flight from the city, Lost Utopias, The taming of the City, The shaping of the English home, The Urban Renaissance; Part 2: The Influences, Conservation: Environmental pressures on future settlements, Choice: Changing household characteristics and the 21st century home, Attitudes to Urban Areas, Community: Social sustainability in the suburb and city, Cost: The economies of urban development; Part 3 The sustainable urban neighbourhood, Urban repopulation, The Eco-neighbourhood, Urban building blocks, The sociable neighbourhood, A model neighbourhood?, The process of urban generation and regeneration.
Biography
David Rudlin, Nicholas Falk
Reviews of first edition:
'The Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood is the best analysis I have read of the crisis of the contemporary British city. This book offers a chance to rethink our priorities, break the cycle of decline and to create sustainable cities suitable for citizens.'
Richard Rogers
'There are many books published now with a revisionist urban programme, but Rudlin and Falk's is one of the best and most comprehensive.'
The Architect's Journal
