Dense and Green Building Typologies : Research, Policy and Practice Perspectives (Springerbriefs in Architectural Design and Technology)

Schröpfer, Thomas/ Menz, Sacha

Springer Verlag, Singapore（2018/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 119 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789811307126
• DDC分類 720.47

Full Description

In this book, academics, policy makers, developers, architects and landscape architects provide a systematic review of the environmental, social, economic and design benefits of dense and green building types in high-density urban contexts and discuss how these can support higher population densities, higher standards of environmental sustainability and enhanced live ability in future cities.

Contents

Introduction.- Creating Liveable Density through a Synthesis of Planning, Design and Greenery.- Building a City in Nature.- From Garden City to City in a Garden and Beyond.- Greenery in Commercial Buildings - Enhancing Returns for Investors?.- Green Buildings and the Homebuyers.- Emulating Ecosystems Ability to Provide Ecosystem Services in the Built Environment.- Biophilic Architecture to Biophilic Cities.- Prototypology and the 21st Century City.- The Role of Ecosystem Services in Making Cities Sustainable.- RGB: Red Blue Green Model as the "Lightness" of Being.- Taking Urban Greening to a Higher Level.- MPKL's Investigation.- Punggol Waterway Terraces.- Green Architecture: Landscape Topology and Context.