Renew Town: Adaptive Urbanism and the Low Carbon Community

by Eran Ben-Joseph and Andrew Scott

ReNew Town puts forth an innovative vision of performative design and planning for low-carbon sustainable development, and illustrates practicable strategies for balancing environmental systems with urban infrastructure and new housing prototypes.

To date, much of the discourse on the design of sustainable communities and 'eco-cities' has been premised on using previously undeveloped land. In contrast, this book and the project it showcases...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415678994
• ISBN13: 9780415678995
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 9.7"