Screen LibraryPlanning and design for future informal settlements : shaping the self-constructed city /
"This is the first book to address future informal settlements at the global scale. It argues that to foster favourable conditions for the sustainable evolution of future informal cities, planners must consider the same issues that are paramount in formal urban developments, such as provision o...
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
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| Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"This is the first book to address future informal settlements at the global scale. It argues that to foster favourable conditions for the sustainable evolution of future informal cities, planners must consider the same issues that are paramount in formal urban developments, such as provision of:balanced land usesenergy efficiency and mobility water management and food sufficiencygovernance and community participation productivity and competitiveness identity and sense of place Planning and Design for Future Informal Settlements makes a call for responsible action to address the urban challe "This is the first book to address future informal settlements at the global scale. It argues that to foster favourable conditions for the sustainable evolution of future informal cities, planners must consider the same issues that are paramount in formal urban developments, such as provision of: - balanced land uses - energy efficiency and mobility - water management and food sufficiency - governance and community participation - productivity and competitiveness - identity and sense of place Planning and Design for Future Informal Settlements makes a call for responsible action to address t |
| Carrier Form: | xxvi, 292 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-278) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780415737890 (hardback) : 0415737893 (hardback) 1317658922 (electronic bk.) 9781317658924 (electronic bk.) 1317658914 (electronic bk.) 9781317658917 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | HD7287 |
| CLC: | C912.81 |
| Call Number: | C912.81/G719 |