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Masterplanning for Change Designing the Resilient City

By Ombretta Romice, Sergio Porta, Alessandra Feliciotti Copyright 2020
    192 Pages
    by RIBA Publishing

    192 Pages
    by RIBA Publishing
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    Cities are under increased pressure to be resilient and resistant to the effects of climate change and rapid urbanisation. However, this idea has still not been fully integrated in to practice. This book presents a practical approach to masterplanning the city and its areas (existing and new) as urban environments for the 21st century, addressing the design of cities as complex adaptive systems.

    Part 1: Towards an Ecology of Urban Form  1. Design and Change: Reconciling the Paradox  2. From System Ecology to Urban Morphology  Part 2: Masterplanning for Change: The Design Approach  3. Towards a Design Agenda  4. The Design Approach  5. Towards the Resilient City

    Biography

    Dr. Ombretta Romice is Senior Lecturer in Urban Design and coordinator of the Urban Design Studies Unit (UDSU) at the Department of Architecture, University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

    Prof. Sergio Porta, architect, is Professor of Urban Design and Director of the UDSU and Dr. Alessandra Feliciotti holds a Phd in Urban Design from the University of Strathclyde, and a Master’s degree in architecture at IUAV in Venice

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