Designing High-Density Cities For Social and Environmental Sustainability [Paperback]

Compact living is sustainable living. High-density cities can support closer amenities, encourage reduced trip lengths and the use of public transport and therefore reduce transport energy costs and carbon emissions. High-density planning also helps to control the spread of urban suburbs into open lands, improves efficiency in urban infrastructure and services, and results in environmental improvements that support higher quality of life in cities. Encouraging, even requiring, higher density urban development is a major policy and a central principle of growth management programmes used by planners around the world. However, such density creates design challenges and problems. A collection of experts in each of the related architectural and planning areas examines these environmental and social issues, and argues that high-density cities are a sustainable solution. It will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in sustainable urban development.Part I: An Understanding of High Density1. Understanding Density and High Density2. Is the High Density the Only Option?3 The Sustainability of High Density4. Density and Urban Sustainability : An Exploration of Critical IssuesPart II: Climate and High Density Design5. Climate Changes Brought About By Urban Living6. Urbanization and City Climate: A Diurnal and Seasonal Perspective7. Urban Climate in Dense CitiesPart III: Environmental Aspects of High Density Design8. Thermal Comfort Issues and Implications in High Density Cities9. Urban Environment Diversity and Human Comfort10. Designing for Urban Ventilation11. Natural Ventilation in High Density Cities12. Sound Environment: High vs Low Density Cities13. Designing for Daylighting14. Designing for Waste Minimization in High Density Cities15. Fire Engineering for Density Cities16. Role of Urban Greeneries in High Density Cities17. Energy in High Density Cities18. Environmental Assessment: Shifting ScalesPart IV: High Density Spaces and Living19. The Social and Psychol³W