High-rise and the sustainable city / edited by Han Meyer and Daan Zandbelt.
Contributor(s): Meyer, Han [editor.]
| Zandbelt, Daan [editor.].Publisher: Amsterdam : Techne Press, 2012Description: 191 pages : illustrations (some colour).Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789085940494.Subject(s): Tall buildings -- Environmental aspects | Tall buildings -- Social aspects | City planning -- Environmental aspects | Sustainable urban developmentDDC classification: 720.483 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 720.483 HIG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 014556 |
Introduction: high-rise and the sustainable city / Han Meyer 1. High-rise buildings and sustainable urban form / Peter Bosselmann 2. High-rise: genesis and exodus of a type / Markus Appenzeller 3. European approaches to managing higher densities and higher buildings: London's ascendancy / Lora Nicolaou. 4. Citius, altius, fortius: myths about high-rise / Daan Zandbelt 5. Sustainable Urban Form / Meta Berghauser Pont 6. High-rise and Rotterdam / Emiel Arends 7. Planning and visibility assessment of high building development in The Hague / Frank van der Hoeven and Steffen Nijhuis 8. High-rise buildings : a contribution to sustainable construction in the city? / Andy van den Dobbelsteen 9. Sustainable High-rise in Dutch Cities / Kees Kaan 10. The Eco Skyscraper: Designing Sustainable Intensive Buildings / Robert Powell.
Can high-rises make a fruitful contribution to making cities more sustainable? Many argue that high-rises deliver positive enviornmental effects, such as densification, and reduction of traffic and CO2 emissions. But is it really that simple? On closer critical observation many questions arise and are explored in this book. What is the impact of tall buildings on their environment? What are ideal densities? What makes a tall building a scuess?