Sustainable Communities And Urban Housing
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Sustainable Communities And Urban Housing
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Author : Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-12-08
Sustainable Communities And Urban Housing written by Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-08 with Political Science categories.
Since the start of the twenty-first century, urban communities have faced increasing challenges in housing affordability, with environmental issues causing additional concern. It is clear that changes to urban housing are needed to enhance the resilience of cities and improve the economic, social and physical well-being of residents. This book provides a comparative cross-national perspective on urban housing and sustainability in Europe, exploring the key barriers and drivers associated with sustainable urban development and community regeneration. Country-specific chapters allow for easy comparison, with each summarizing how sustainable housing operates in the country in question, before going on to discuss the key barriers and drivers at play. This book brings a sustainability perspective to the comparative housing literature which frequently fails to integrate the social, economic and environmental pillars of sustainability. The book outlines many of the changes that professionals and residents will need to make to their practices and cultures in order to enhance housing resilience. Students, researchers and professionals with an interest in sustainable housing creation and regeneration will find this book an invaluable reference.
Social Sustainability In Urban Areas
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Author : Tony Manzi
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-08-12
Social Sustainability In Urban Areas written by Tony Manzi and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-12 with Social Science categories.
This groundbreaking new volume on social sustainability offers both critique and creative solutions. It challenges the conventional wisdoms of social sustainability and presents practical examples of projects that will help practitioners to think carefully and innovatively about the situations they are addressing. The book consists of original contributions from academics working in the fields of urban planning, housing, regeneration, transport and international sustainable development. Drawing on case study research gathered in the UK, Europe and Africa, it adopts an original, interdisciplinary approach to both theory and practice, illustrating the challenges and opportunities facing policy-makers and practitioners attempting to develop, manage and maintain sustainable communities. The authors argue that the dominant approach of 'how to do' small scale social sustainability fails to locate it within broader social processes. Ignoring the context not only sustains, but also actively reproduces wider inequalities. The book presents a new, more coherent and more complete approach to issues of social sustainability in urban areas. The book approaches current urban policy discourses in three different ways, represented by three sections: firstly focusing on small places within the urban fabric, secondly addressing the whole urban fabric by examining whether changing urban living and working patterns. The third section explores some of the ways that funding can be secured to achieve the aims of social sustainability and the social planning associated with it.
Renewing Urban Communities
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Author : Mark Scott
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Renewing Urban Communities written by Mark Scott and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Political Science categories.
Ireland is now an urban society, and both parts of the island have experienced rapid urban-generated growth and new patterns of development in recent years. This inter-disciplinary book adopts an all-Ireland perspective to investigate the tension that exists between sustainable urban development values and rhetoric - such as increased densities, brown field development, the compact city and social inclusion - and the emerging geography of urban Ireland, influenced by consumer and lifestyle choices. The introduction provides an overview of the dynamics of urban change, particularly during the 1990s, and the experience of rapid economic growth. The following chapters are divided into two parts, considering sustainable urban environments, and sustainable communities. This book will appeal to students, academics, policy and decision-makers, given that it adopts both a qualitative and quantitative approach, and introduces a range of new empirical studies covering both physical and social sustainable development.
Urban Development And Civil Society
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Author : Michael Carley
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-05
Urban Development And Civil Society written by Michael Carley and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with Political Science categories.
The world's population is rapidly urbanizing but the affluence and development often associated with cities are far from equitably or sustainably distributed. Where it was once taken for granted that responsibility for urban development lay with the state, increasingly the emphasis has shifted to market-driven and public-private sector initiatives, which can marginalize the intended beneficiaries - the urban poor - from decision making and implementation. This text outlines the essential conditions for effective urban planning and management by placing bottom-up community initiatives at the heart of the push for equitable and sustainable development in cities. Crucially, the state must engage with both the market and civil society in pursuit of sustainable cities. Presenting a wide-ranging selection of case studies in rapidly urbanizing and transitional countries, from the poorest parts of Africa and Asia to the relatively developed United Kingdom, the authors describe and analyze innovations in how globally disadvantaged urban communities can be engaged in improving their living environments.
Sustainable Communities
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Author : Susanne Grolle
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2009-06
Sustainable Communities written by Susanne Grolle and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06 with categories.
Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Sociology - Habitation, Urban Sociology, grade: 2.0, University of Westminster, language: English, abstract: In the last decade sustainability has become a central topic in discussions of regeneration in the UK and most other places in the world. Heightening awareness of current issues and that of future generations' is crucial in making a difference. The concept of sustainability can be applied to most aspects of human living and working. Within this essay co-housing as a form of sustainable communities will be discovered and introduced through a new built development in Gloucestershire, UK. This document seeks to approach this topic from various angles and aims to show weaknesses and strengths of co-housing. It should be highlighted that it is not only new developments where proactive differences need to be made but also within existing developments and houses. I will show that changes and improvements can be made through small or medium interventions.
Seven Rules For Sustainable Communities
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Author : Patrick M. Condon
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2012-02-13
Seven Rules For Sustainable Communities written by Patrick M. Condon and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-13 with Architecture categories.
Questions of how to green the North American economy, create a green energy and transportation infrastructure, and halt the deadly increase in greenhouse gas buildup dominate our daily news. Related questions of how the design of cities can impact these challenges dominate the thoughts of urban planners and designers across the U.S. and Canada. With admirable clarity, Patrick Condon discusses transportation, housing equity, job distribution, economic development, and ecological systems issues and synthesizes his knowledge and research into a simple-to-understand set of urban design rules that can, if followed, help save the planet. No other book so clearly connects the form of our cities to their ecological, economic, and social consequences. No other book takes on this breadth of complex and contentious issues and distills them down to such convincing and practical solutions. And no other book so vividly compares and contrasts the differing experiences of U.S. and Canadian cities. Of particular new importance is how city form affects the production of planet-warming greenhouse gases. The author explains this relationship in an accessible way, and goes on to show how conforming to seven simple rules for community design could literally do a world of good. Each chapter in the book explains one rule in depth, adding a wealth of research to support each claim. If widely used, Condon argues, these rules would lead to a much more livable world for future generations—a world that is not unlike the better parts of our own.
The Future Of Sustainable Cities
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Author : John Flint
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2012
The Future Of Sustainable Cities written by John Flint and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Business & Economics categories.
An up-to-date assessment by prominent scholars of the impacts of recent changes on key areas of urban planning, including housing, transport, and the environment, and core areas for future research.
Sustainable Communities
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Author : Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
language : en
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Release Date : 2005
Sustainable Communities written by Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and has been published by The Stationery Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Architecture categories.
This document sets out the Government's five year plan to create sustainable inclusive communities across England, focusing on its strategy to improve provision of neighbourbood services. It includes: proposals to increase public involvement in the way their communities (both rural and urban) are run, including a Neighbourhoods Charter; a wide-ranging strategy to improve safety and cleanliness of streets, parks and open spaces; improving responsiveness of local services, including schools, health and police services; establishing clearer roles for councillors, with increased opportunities for mayors where there is demand; 'local area agreements' pilots for service delivery; £2.5 billion investment each year to tackle social exclusion in deprived communities; and greater co-ordination of service funding and planning system requirements at the regional level. An accompanying paper which sets out the Government's housing policy has been published as Cm. 6424 ('Sustainable communities: homes for all', ISBN 0101642423).
Urban Social Sustainability
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Author : M. Reza Shirazi
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-01-22
Urban Social Sustainability written by M. Reza Shirazi and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-22 with Architecture categories.
This ground breaking volume raises radical critiques and proposes innovative solutions for social sustainability in the built environment. Urban Social Sustainability provides an in-depth insight into the discourse and argues that every urban intervention has a social sustainability dimension that needs to be taken into consideration, and incorporated into a comprehensive and cohesive ‘urban agenda’ that is built on three principles of recognition, integration, and monitoring. This should be achieved through a dialogical and reflexive process of decision-making. To achieve sustainable communities, social sustainability should form the basis of a constructive dialogue and be interlinked with other areas of sustainable development. This book underlines the urgency of approaching social sustainability as an urban agenda and goes on to make suggestions about its formulation. Urban Social Sustainability consists of original contributions from academics and experts within the field and explores the significance of social sustainability from different perspectives. Areas covered include urban policy, transportation and mobility, urban space and architectural form, housing, urban heritage, neighbourhood development, and urban governance. Drawing on case studies from a number of countries and world regions the book presents a multifaceted and interdisciplinary understanding from social sustainability in urban settings, and provides practitioners and policy makers with innovative recommendations to achieve more socially sustainable urban environment.
Sustainable Communities And Green Lifestyles
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Author : Tendai Chitewere
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-08-09
Sustainable Communities And Green Lifestyles written by Tendai Chitewere and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-09 with Business & Economics categories.
Sustainable communities raise questions about the compatibility of capitalism and environmentalism and how we can green our way of life in a capitalist economy that values short-term production and consumption over long-term conservation and simple living. If capitalism and its drive towards consumption has produced social and environmental degradation, is it the best medium to identify solutions? Sustainable Communities and Green Lifestyles examines one ecovillage as it attempts to create a sense of community while reducing its impact on the natural environment. Through extensive participant observation, the book demonstrates how ecovillages are immersed within a larger discourse of class, race, and lifestyle choices, highlighting the inseparability of environmental sustainability and social justice. Sustainable communities are confronted by the contradictions of green consumption and must address social inequality or risk focusing inward on personal green consumerism, creating mere green havens for the few who can afford to live in them. This book, cautious of redirecting environmentalist efforts away from structural solutions and onto personal environmentalism, offers a critical perspective on the challenges of an emerging green lifestyle. This book offers a critical perspective on the direction of US environmentalism and contributes to debates in environmental studies, anthropology, and urban planning.