Designing sustainable communities
Avi Friedman · 2017
Where to buy
Amazon’s price changes daily, so the most accurate place to see it is there, at the moment you buy.
View on AmazonAbout the book
Innovation in planning is essential to dealing with the challenges society currently faces, from urban sprawl to climate change. In this book, Avi Friedman looks at both new and revived sustainable strategies at a neighborhood level to explore options for both rehabilitating older communities as well as options for those projects being designed from scratch. The book takes a holistic approach to sustainable community design, covering aspects such as: Transportation and how to avoid reliance on private vehicles ; Ecological, psychological and economic values of open spaces ; Neighborhood resilience and health ; Affordability and energy consumption.0.
Book details
- Year
- 2017
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 216
- ISBN
- 9781472572905
Data source: Wikidata
More by Avi Friedman
