Ecological Urbanism

Name: Ecological Urbanism
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ISBN: 9783037781890

ISBN-10: 3037781890

ISBN-13: 9783037781890

Edition: 2010

Authors: Harvard University Library Staff, Gareth Doherty, Mohsen Mostafavi

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"While climate change, sustainable architecture, and green technologies have become increasingly topical, issues surrounding the sustainability of the city are much less developed. The premise of the book is that an ecological approach is urgently needed both as a remedial device for the contemporary city and an organizing principle for new cities. Ecological urbanism approaches the city without any one set of instruments and with a worldview that is fluid in scale and disciplinary approach. Design provides the synthetic key to connect ecology with an urbanism that is not in contradiction with its environment. The book brings together design practitioners and theorists, economists,…

Book details

List price: $59.90
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers
Publication date: 4/1/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 656
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 2.25" tall
Weight: 4.246
Language: English

Mohsen Mostafavi is the director of the Architectural Association in London.