The Hidden Potential of Sustainable Neighborhoods Lessons from Low-Carbon Communities /

• Main Author: Fraker, Harrison. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2013.
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Architecture.; Climatic changes.; Sustainable development.; Environment.; Climate Change.; Interior Architecture.; Urbanism.; Sustainable Development.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-409-3

How do you achieve effective low-carbon design beyond the building level? How do you create a community that is both livable and sustainable? More importantly, how do you know if you have succeeded? Harrison Fraker goes beyond abstract principles to provide a clear, in-depth evaluation of four first...

Table of Contents:

• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Bo01, Malm,̲ Sweden
• Chapter 3. Hammarby Sjs̲tad, Stockholm, Sweden
• Chapter 4. Kronsberg, Hannover, Germany
• Chapter 5. Vauban, Freiburg, Germany
• Chapter 6. Observations across Neighborhoods
• Chapter 7. A Road Map for the United States and Beyond
• Chapter 8. Conclusion
• Notes
• Index.