Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood - 9781138173569

Name: Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood - 9781138173569
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Sustainable Urban NeighbourhoodAuthor(s): David Rudlin, Nicholas Falk\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138173569, 978-1138173569\nSynopsis\nThis successful title, previously known as 'Building the 21st Century Home' and now in its second edition, explores and explains the trends and issues that underlie the renaissance of UK towns and cities and describes the sustainable urban neighbourhood as a model for rebuilding urban areas.\n\nThe book reviews the way that planning policies, architectural trends and economic forces have undermined the viability of urban areas in Britain since the Industrial Revolution. Now that much post-war planning philosophy is being discredited we are left with few urban models other than garden city inspired suburbia. Are these appropriate in the 21st century given environmental concerns, demographic change, social and economic pressures? The authors suggest that these trends point to a.