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

The Hidden Potential of Sustainable Neighborhoods

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The four case studies are: Each was built deliberately to conserve resources: For each model, he looks at overall performance and lessons learned. Later chapters compare the different strategies employed by the case-study communities and develop a comprehensive model of sustainability, looking specifically at how these lessons can be employed in the United States, with a focus on retrofitting existing communities. This whole-systems approach promises not only a smaller carbon footprint, but an enriched form of urban living.

The Hidden Potential of Sustainable Neighborhoods will be especially useful for urban designers, architects, landscape architects, land use planners, local policymakers and NGOs, citizen activists, students of urban design, planning, architecture, and landscape architecture. Review Quotes "As our world faces increased urbanization and climatic changes, Fraker explores the critical role of urban design and integrated, systems approaches for realizing low-carbon, resilient, socially and environmentally enriched built environments.

Using concrete performance data to gauge successes and failures, he presents a holistic model based on best practices.

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The four case studies are: Each was built deliberately to conserve resources: For each model, he looks at overall performance and lessons learned. Later chapters compare the different strategies employed by the case-study communities and develop a comprehensive model of sustainability, looking specifically at how these lessons can be employed in the United States, with a focus on retrofitting existing communities.

This whole-systems approach promises not only a smaller carbon footprint, but an enriched form of urban living. The Hidden Potential of Sustainable Neighborhoods will be especially useful for urban designers, architects, landscape architects, land use planners, local policymakers and NGOs, citizen activists, students of urban design, planning, architecture, and landscape architecture. Paperback , pages. Published September 1st by Island Press first published July 20th To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

To ask other readers questions about The Hidden Potential of Sustainable Neighborhoods , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Nov 13, Jeremy S rated it really liked it Shelves: Lessons from Low-Carbon Communities is a handbook of sorts which focuses on sustainable urban design case studies, based mostly in Europe. People have been numbed by the repetition of potential threats that seem complex, distant, and hard to personalize.

The book has eight chapters, beginning with the introduction and moving through four sustainable neighborhood case studies. These neighborhoods are not laid out in any specific order, allowing the reader to digest the pros and cons of each community on their own within the controlled environment of a single chapter. This format strengthens each piece as a whole and allows for comparisons across complete chapters. The communities, as well as the chapter titles, are: B, Malmo, Sweden 2. Hammarby Sjostad, Stockholm, Sweden 3. Kronsberg, Hannover, Germany 4.

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Every single aspect is reviewed in detail, both positive and negative, ensuring that readers are given quite a comprehensive understanding of each city. For instance, Fraker describes how B did not meet its energy goals due to the fact that its final development design oriented its buildings for views instead of the initial plan of orienting for optimal passive heating and cooling.

These numbers are then reflected in a graph showing the estimated and observed amounts of energy used, as broken down into electrical energy, heat energy and so on.

Some of the most interesting elements of the book are the descriptions of different systems that deals with waste and sewage. It was particularly interesting to read about those used in Europe, knowing that in our own backyard similar strategies have been implemented i. These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers. Buy the selected items together This item: The Hidden Potential of Sustainable Neighborhoods: Ships from and sold by Basi6 International. Ships from and sold by Amazon.

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Customers who bought this item also bought. Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1. Toward an Urban Ecology: The Art of Building Cities: The Smart Growth Manual. Global Street Design Guide. Review "As our world faces increased urbanization and climatic changes, Fraker explores the critical role of urban design and integrated, systems approaches for realizing low-carbon, resilient, socially and environmentally enriched built environments.

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There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. A book we should all read and content we should all act on. I liked the demonstration of effective planning that combines Disney if you can dream it you can do it and Field of Dreams build it and they will come with pragmatic and technologically proven urban design.

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