| Description |
1 online resource (326 pages) |
| Series |
Sustainable Urban Development Series |
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Sustainable Urban Development Series
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface: A European Perspective; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I Changing Processes; 2 Sustainable Construction and Policy Learning in Europe: Cascades, Networks or Fragmentation?; 3 Urban Sprawl: New Challenges for City-region Governance; 4 Decision-making Processes in Urban Design; 5 Sustainable Urban Development and the Professions in the UK: Moving from a 'Zero Sum Game' Towards More Deliberative Practice?; 6 Sustainable Communities: Policy, Practice and Professional Development: A Model for Europe |
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Part II Changing Institutions7 Sustainable Construction and Urbanism in the Netherlands and the Czech Republic: Challenges of Today's Political and Professional Context; 8 Institutional Dynamics and Institutional Barriers to Sustainable Construction in France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands; 9 Expertise and Methodology in Building Design for Sustainable Development: A Franco-British Comparison; 10 New Professional Leadersh |
| Summary |
This new volume explores how the professions responsible for enhancing the built environment's sustainability seek to deliver this new agenda, offering multi-perspective case studies and discussion to argue for a rethinking of the role of the urban development professional |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Symes, Martin
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| ISBN |
9780203892183 |
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0203892186 |
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