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Book SynopsisThe Sustainable Urban Design Handbook gathers the best sustainability practices and latest research from the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, planning, development, ecology, and environmental engineering and presents them in a graphically rich and accessible format that can help guide urban design decisions in cities of all sizes.
The book presents a comprehensive framework that organizes more than 50 elements of sustainable urban design under five main topicsEnergy Use & Greenhouse Gas, Water, Ecology & Habitat, Energy Use & Production, and Equity & Healthand relative to four project scales: Region & City, District & Neighborhood, Block & Street, and Project & Parcel. Each element chapter includes a summary of importance and background, compares typical practices and recommended approaches, explains connections to other elements, and concludes with urban design guidelines that can be used to directly inform projects and decisions.
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