| Description |
xviii, 210 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Design and the built environment series
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Designing sustainable cities / Roger Zetter and Georgia Butina Watson -- Urban form and transformation -- Cultural sustainability and development : Drukpa and Burman vernacular architecture / Regina Mapua Lim -- Rebuilding city identity through history : the case of Bethlehem-Palestine / Jane Handal -- Urban conservation in Mexican colonial cities : the historic centre of Morelia / Norma E. Rodrigo-Cervantes -- Involving local communities in the conservation and rehabilitation of historic areas in Mexico City : the case of Coyoacán / Yanet Lezama-López -- Value-led heritage and sustainable development : the case of Bijapur, India / Anwar Punekar -- Urban planning and sustainability in South Africa / Koyi Mchunu -- Designing people-based environments -- Urban reform and development regulation : the case of Belém, Brazil / Jose Julio Lima - - The impact of land subdivision processes on residential layouts in Makkah City, Saudi Arabia / Mohammed Abdullah Edrees -- Sustainable urban form : environment and climate responsive design / Silvia de Schiller, Ian Bentley and Georgia Butina Watson -- Collaborative public open space design in self-help housing : Minas-Polvorilla, Mexico City / Luis Gabriel Juárez-Galeana -- Community involvement in planning and managing sustainable open space in Mexico / Ana Maria Maldonado-Fuse. |
| Subject |
City planning -- Developing countries
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Cities and towns -- Developing countries -- Growth
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Sustainable development -- Developing countries
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| Added Author |
Zetter, Roger
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Watson, Georgia Butina
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| ISBN |
0754643557 (alk. paper) |
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