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Title Designing sustainable cities in the developing world / edited by Roger Zetter and Georgia Butina Watson
Published Aldershot, Hants. : Ashgate, [2006]
©2006

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Description xviii, 210 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm
Series Design and the built environment series
Design and the built environment series.
Contents Urban design and sustainability in the developing world / Roger Zetter and Georgia Butina Watson -- Urban form and transformation -- Cultural sustainability and development : drukpa and burman vernacular architecture / Regina Mapua Lim -- Rebuilding the identity of the city in history : the historic centre of Bethlehem-Palestine / Jane Handal -- Urban conservation in Mexican colonial cities : The historic centre of Morelia / Norma Rodrigo-Cervantes -- Involving local communities in the conservation and rehabilitation of historic areas in Mexico City: the case of Coyoacan / Yanet Lezama-López -- Value-led heritage and sustainable development : the case of Bijapur, India / Anwar Punekar -- Urban planning and sustainability in South Africa / Koyi Mchunu -- Designing people-based environments -- Development control and urban reform : the case of Belem, Brazil / Jose Julio Lima -- Urban change in residential layouts in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia / Mohammed Edrees -- Sustainable urban form : environment and climate responsive / Silvia de Schiller, Ian Bentley and Georgia Butina Watson -- Collaborative public open space design in self-help housing : Minas-Polvorilla, Mexico City / Luis Gabriel Juárez-Galeana -- Community involvement in planning and managing -- Sustainable open space in Mexico / Ana Maria Maldonado-Fuse
Summary "A wealth of examples drawn from Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, India, South Africa, Palestine, Argentina, Bhutan and Myanmar demonstrate how rapid physical and social change has swept away historic urban quarters and the cultural heritage they represent. The mix of concepts, research methods, analysis and practice-based tools is designed for academics and professionals alike. Academics Zetter and Watson have produced a book that is amongst the first to explore the concept of urban sustainability within the context of urban design in the developing world."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject City planning -- Developing countries.
Sustainable development -- Developing countries.
Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Developing countries.
Author Zetter, Roger.
Watson, Georgia Butina.
LC no. 2005037640
ISBN 0754643557 (hbk.)