[PDF] High Density Urban Space Design Based On Low Impact Development eBook

Author : Xinyi Tian
Publisher :
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 18,79 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Architecture
ISBN :

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With the accelerating urbanization process, high intensity of land development brings the negative impact of ecological habitat. In the traditional development mode and the gray infrastructure, the rainwater is hard to permeate underground, which artificially change the urban water cycle in the natural process. It is leading to a series of ecological problems such as surface runoff increase, underground water levels fall, and frequent urban waterlogging. Among them flooding and water quality are the most common challenges. In order to mitigate water quality and adapt to flooding, many cities adopted strategies in the low impact development to address flooding and environmental problems. This research is aiming to analyze the application of low impact development (LID) in the high density unban space planning and design and take Singapore southern waterfront design as an example. This research reviews a range of materials. The information extracted including the nature of stormwater, the influence of high-density urban development to water infiltration and runoff, approaches and facilities of stormwater management, introduces best management practices (BMPs) and the low impact development strategies (practices and site design). This research engages a multiple case studies with analysis of the application of low impact development in Landover, Tampa, Philadelphia, Seattle, and Portland. And then the research combines the theory and the design of Singapore southern waterfront area to discuss the application of the low impact development water treatment in the design and planning of high density area planning and design. The research also considers how LID can be integrated into current urban development and explains the related economic and social benefits.

Author : Im Sik Cho
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 14,63 MB
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1317533070

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Re-framing Urban Space: Urban Design for Emerging Hybrid and High-Density Conditions rethinks the role and meaning of urban spaces through current trends and challenges in urban development. In emerging dense, hybrid, complex and dynamic urban conditions, public urban space is not only a precious and contested commodity, but also one of the key vehicles for achieving socially, environmentally and economically sustainable urban living. Past research has been predominantly focused on familiar models of urban space, such as squares, plazas, streets, parks and arcades, without consistent and clear rules on what constitutes good urban space, let alone what constitutes good urban space in ‘high-density context’. Through an innovative and integrative research framework, Re-Framing Urban Space guides the assessment, planning, design and re-design of urban spaces at various stages of the decision-making process, facilitating an understanding of how enduring qualities are expressed and negotiated through design measures in high-density urban environments. This book explores over 50 best practice case studies of recent urban design projects in high-density contexts, including Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo, New York, and Rotterdam. Visually compelling and insightful, Re-Framing Urban Space provides a comprehensive and accessible means to understand the critical properties that shape new urban spaces, illustrating key design components and principles. An invaluable guide to the stages of urban design, planning, policy and decision making, this book is essential reading for urban design and planning professionals, academics and students interested in public spaces within high-density urban development.

Author : Edward Ng
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 34,61 MB
Release : 2009-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1136546006

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Compact living is sustainable living. High-density cities can support closer amenities, encourage reduced trip lengths and the use of public transport and therefore reduce transport energy costs and carbon emissions. High-density planning also helps to control the spread of urban suburbs into open lands, improves efficiency in urban infrastructure and services, and results in environmental improvements that support higher quality of life in cities. Encouraging, even requiring, higher density urban development is a major policy and a central principle of growth management programmes used by planners around the world. However, such density creates design challenges and problems. A collection of experts in each of the related architectural and planning areas examines these environmental and social issues, and argues that high-density cities are a sustainable solution. It will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in sustainable urban development.

Author : Joo Hwa P. Bay
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 24,77 MB
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1317190858

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Growing Compact: Urban Form, Density and Sustainability explores and unravels the phenomena, links and benefits between density, compactness and the sustainability of cities. It looks at the socio-climatic implications of density and takes a more holistic approach to sustainable urbanism by understanding the correlations between the social, economic and environmental dimensions of the city, and the challenges and opportunities with density. The book presents contributions from internationally well-known scholars, thinkers and practitioners whose theoretical and practical works address city planning, urban and architectural design for density and sustainability at various levels, including challenges in building resilience against climate change and natural disasters, capacity and integration for growth and adaptability, ageing, community and security, vegetation, food production, compact resource systems and regeneration.

Author : Elizabeth Burton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 45,29 MB
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1135816999

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provides forum for progressing the urban debate demonstrates good design and practice through a variety of case studies offers cross-disciplinary view points

Author : Marian Keeler
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 12,85 MB
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1118782720

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"Fundamentals of Integrated Design for Sustainable Building offers an introduction to green building concepts as well as design approaches that reduce and can eventually eliminate the need for fossil fuel use in buildings while also conserving materials, maximizing their efficiency, protecting the indoor air from chemical intrusion, and reducing the introduction of toxic materials into the environment. It represents a necessary road map to the future designers, builders, and planners of a post-carbon world." —from the Foreword by Ed Mazria A rich sourcebook covering the breadth of environmental building, Fundamentals of Integrated Design for Sustainable Building introduces the student and practitioner to the history, theory and technology of green building. Using an active learning approach, the concepts of sustainble architecture are explained and reinforced through design problems, research exercises, study questions, team projects, and discussion topics. Chapters by specialists in the green movement round out this survey of all the important issues and developments that students and professionals need to know. From history and philosophy to design technologies and practice, this sweeping resource is sure to be referenced until worn out.

Author : Mike Jenks
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 41,23 MB
Release : 2006-08-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1136401431

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Concentrating on the planning and design of cities, the three sections take a logical route through the discussion from the broad considerations at regional and city scale, to the larger city at high and lower densities through to design considerations on the smaller block scale. Key design issues such as access to facilities, access for sunlight, life cycle analyses, and the impact of communications on urban design are tackled, and in conclusion, the research is compared to large scale design examples that have been proposed and/or implemented over the past decade to give a vision for the future that might be achievable.

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Publisher :
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 33,60 MB
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Ecological landscape design
ISBN : 9780979970610

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The manual introduces general audiences to designing landscapes for urban stormwater runoff -- a primary source of watershed pollution. The goal is to motivate awareness and implementation of LID in a wide cross-section of stakeholders, from property owners to municipal governments that regulate infrastructure development. The manual provides a holistic framework in which a novice homeowner and an experienced developer can each find an equally tranformative role to enact.