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Title Sustainable neighbourhood transformation / Vincent Gruis, Henk Visscher and Reinout Kleinhans (eds.)
Published Delft : IOS Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (158 pages) : illustrations
Series Sustainable urban areas ; v. 11
Sustainable urban areas ; v. 11.
Contents Title page; Contents; Introduction; Life cycle of dwellings and demolition by Dutch housing associations; Joint physical and social neighbourhood transformation. Motives, myths, coincidences and perspectives; Residents' social capital after neighbourhood transformation. An analysis of differences related to residential mobility; Neighbourhood transformation and urban planning and design; Environmental impacts of renovation. The Dutch housing stock compared with new construction; The Eco-costs of housing transformation; Conclusions
Summary Examines the effects of demolition and replacement strategies on sustainability from different perspectives - an economic perspective: the market position and the value of the neighbourhoods, a social perspective: the levels of social capital and residential stability, and an environmental perspective: the energy efficiency
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Architecture, Domestic -- Environmental aspects
Architecture, Domestic -- Netherlands.
Urban renewal -- Netherlands
City planning -- Netherlands
ARCHITECTURE -- Sustainability & Green Design.
Architecture, Domestic
Architecture, Domestic -- Environmental aspects
City planning
Urban renewal
Netherlands
Form Electronic book
Author Gruis, Vincent
Visscher, Henk
Kleinhans, R. J
ISBN 9781441616715
1441616713
9781607502289
1607502283
6000014252
9786000014254