Greening the Built EnvironmentRoutledge, 5 nov. 2013 - 256 pages 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 construction industry, transport, health, planning, community and equity issues, employment and the economy. The links between environmental damage, poverty and the economy are all themes in this book which also focuses on interconnections and on solutions to these three problems. The final chapter explains how the achievement of sustainable development is, in the authors' opinion, dependent on detailed solutions to everyday problems of modern society. |
Table des matières
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2 The Built Environment and Sustainable Development | 13 |
3 Energy Intensity in the Built Environment | 34 |
4 Materials Intensity in the Built Environment | 58 |
5 Transport and Land Use Planning | 84 |
6 Health and die Built Environment | 118 |
7 Sustainability and Social Equity | 138 |
8 Community Sustainability and the Built Environment | 159 |
9 A Mew Economy and die Built Environment | 179 |
10 The Way Forward | 209 |
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