Urban Design Ecologies

Urban Design Ecologies
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 9780470974056
ISBN-13 : 0470974052
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Urban Design Ecologies by : Brian McGrath

Download or read book Urban Design Ecologies written by Brian McGrath and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-01-14 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Der Urban Design Ecologies Reader stellt Architekten und Stadtplanern wichtige Tools zum besseren Verständnis heutiger städtebaulicher Maßnahmen bereit. Essays führender Experten spannen den Bogen zwischen historischen Entwicklungen und innovativen Ansätzen zur Bewältigung der globalen Herausforderungen rasanter Urbanisierungsprozesse und des Klimawandels. Die neuesten Ansätze in den Bereichen Stadtentwicklung, darunter Kernkonzepte wie Stadtarchitektur, Architektur großer Metropolen (Stichwort "Großarchitektur"), Wucherung der Städte, Megastädte (oder die informelle Stadt) und Metastädte, die von digitalen Technologien und dem Ökologiegedanken getragen werden, werden im Detail erörtert.


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