Designing sustainable cities in the developing world /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Roger Zetter and Georgia Butina Watson
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Burlington, VT :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Ashgate,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2006
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xviii, 210 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
25 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Design and the built environment series
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Designing sustainable cities / Roger Zetter and Georgia Butina Watson -- Urban form and transformation -- Cultural sustainability and development : Drukpa and Burman vernacular architecture / Regina Mapua Lim -- Rebuilding city identity through history : the case of Bethlehem-Palestine / Jane Handal -- Urban conservation in Mexican colonial cities : the historic centre of Morelia / Norma E. Rodrigo-Cervantes -- Involving local communities in the conservation and rehabilitation of historic areas in Mexico City : the case of Coyoacán / Yanet Lezama-López -- Value-led heritage and sustainable development : the case of Bijapur, India / Anwar Punekar -- Urban planning and sustainability in South Africa / Koyi Mchunu -- Designing people-based environments -- Urban reform and development regulation : the case of Belém, Brazil / Jose Julio Lima -- The impact of land subdivision processes on residential layouts in Makkah City, Saudi Arabia / Mohammed Abdullah Edrees -- Sustainable urban form : environment and climate responsive design / Silvia de Schiller, Ian Bentley and Georgia Butina Watson -- Collaborative public open space design in self-help housing : Minas-Polvorilla, Mexico City / Luis Gabriel Juárez-Galeana -- Community involvement in planning and managing sustainable open space in Mexico / Ana Maria Maldonado-Fuse