Renewtown : adaptive urbanism and the low carbon community /

Renewtown : adaptive urbanism and the low carbon community /

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Author / Creator:	Scott, Andrew, 1951-
Imprint:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
Description:	ix, 273 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Sustainable urban development -- Japan. City planning -- Environmental aspects -- Japan. City planning -- Environmental aspects. Sustainable urban development. Japan.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8541209

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Other authors / contributors:	Ben-Joseph, Eran.
ISBN:	9780415678988 (hb : alk. paper) 0415678986 (hb : alk. paper) 9780415678995 (pb : alk. paper) 0415678994 (pb : alk. paper) 9780203155349 (ebook) 0203155343 (ebook)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Sustainable initiatives
Research in context
Assumptions
Concepts
Tama New Town
Initial survey : preliminary propositions
Abstractions : typologies
Applied prototypes
Measuring performance : infrastructures
Site concepts
Low density prototypes
Medium density prototypes
High density prototypes
Future directions
Appendix: carbon calculations.