User:Mattpund/Sustainable Urbanism

We will be editing this page. We are starting right now and will be done by December. We will upload the outline for our page in the very near future.

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Background

Sustainable Urbanism Sustainable Urbanism – Urban Design with Nature by Doug Farr

Definition: Sustainable Urbanism is walkable and transit-served urbanism integrated with high-performance buildings and high-performance infrastructure. Compactness (density) and biophilia (human access to nature) are core values of sustainable urbanism.

New Urbanist and board member of CNU, Doug Farr has taken a step further and coined Sustainable Urbanism, which combines New Urbanism and LEED-ND to create walkable, transit-served urbanism with high performance buildings and infrastructure. (from ‘New Urbanism’ Wikipedia page)

Defining Elements •	New Urbanism o	Background information on New Urbanism •	Compare and Contrast: Sustainable Urbanism versus New Urbanism o	Why is Sustainable Urbanism different than New Urbanism •	High-performance buildings o	Definition and examples of high-performance commercial and residential buildings •	High-performance infrastructure o	Definition and examples of sustainable infrastructures, such as energy and water efficient systems

Examples -We are going to search for three to five case studies regarding sustainable urbanism, examples from both built and unbuilt regions and cities.

Organizations -We are going to include the organizations linked to the idea of sustainable urbanism •	Farr Associates o	a firm focused on sustainable design in architecture and urban design •	U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) Criticisms -Research pending on specific criticisms of Sustainable Urbanism

Sources

Resources: -From Expectation to Aspriations: The New Politics of Sustainable Urbanism in the UK by Mike Raco -From Energy Efficiency to Integrated Sustainable Urbanism in Residential Development in China by Zhichang Cai -Emerging Forms of Sustainable Urbanism: Case Studies of Vauban Freiburg and solarCity Linz -Compact Cities: Sustainable Urban Forms for Developing Cities by Mike Jenks -Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism by Birkhauser -Future Urban Lifestyles by Sir Peter Hall

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