The Space-Economic Transformation of the City Towards Sustainability /

• Main Author: Bc̃htold, Peter. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Geography.; Regional planning.; Architecture.; Sustainable development.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Urbanism.; Sustainable Development.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5252-8

City planning is the key-stone to tackle the question of climate-change and to involve adequate action. In Part I of this book, the theory of space-economy is presented. Opening up a new conceptual and operational toolbox for policy makers, practitioners and scholars, the theory of space-economy is...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• The transformation of the city towards sustainability
• The impact of urban form on the sustainability of the city
• From the bottom-up approach to the top-down strategy
• Four eco-areas in Europe
• Short descriptions of the four eco-areas
• Lessons can be learned from the four eco-areas
• Towards a space-economic city: Case study in Asia
• Urban planning strategy for Ho Chi Minh City
• Design process
• Towards a new urban planning strategy.