Description
Book SynopsisIn this book, leading architects and landscape architects provide their perspectives on the design of dense and green building types in high-density urban contexts that can support higher population densities, higher standards of environmental sustainability and enhanced liveability in future cities.
Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1
Dense and green: definitions
CHAPTER 2
The evolution of dense and green in Singapore
CHAPTER 3
Dense and green policies URA Landscape Replacement Area (LRA)
NParks LEAF
BCA Green Mark
CHAPTER 4
Dense and green planning processes
CHAPTER 5
Dense and green design processes
CHAPTER 6
Dense and green buildings
CHAPTER 7
Types of greenery
CHAPTER 8
Technical aspects and maintenance
CHAPTER 9
Dense and green challenges
CHAPTER 10
Dense and green benefits
Environmental parameters
Thermal comfort
Solar shading
Daylight glare control
Mitigation of urban heat island effects
Air particles
Air pollutants
Noise pollution
Biodiversity
CHAPTER 11
Integration of dense and green within other land uses
Hotels
Hospitals
Office buildings
Public housing
Private housing
Institutional buildings
Retail buildings
CHAPTER 12
Dense and green post-occupancy studies
CHAPTER 13
Dense and green impact on neighbourhoods and parks
CHAPTER 14
Dense and green impact on biodiversity
CHAPTER 15
Dense and green impact on urban density
CHAPTER 16
The future of dense and green
