Sustainable Residential Development: Planning and Design for Green Neighborhoods
Description:
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.
Capitalize on a Comprehensive New Process for Planning and Designing Sustainable Green Communities
Written by internationally renowned architect Avi Friedman, Sustainable Residential Development equips you with a much-needed process and examples for planning and designing green communities. This landmark resource explains the principles of green building and how to apply them to residential development, presenting guidelines for creating communities that balance social, economic, and environmental needs.
Filled with plans, elevations, and vignettes, the book shows how to incorporate wind direction, sun exposure, tree preservation, topography, and public spaces into site plan. It also shows how to design high-density neighborhoods…apply green design and construction principles by using local materials and techniques, solar power, waste management, and water efficiency…as well as rehabilitate neighborhoods while respecting their heritage. Sustainable Residential Development features:
- Expert guidelines for planning and designing communities that balance social, economic, and environmental needs
- A wealth of international and U.S. case studies and examples that illustrate the principles of sustainable community design
- Over 100 downloadable plans and elevations that offer a head start for planning and designing sustainable communities
Inside this Green Planning and Design Guide:
• Defining and Applying Principles of Sustainability in Neighborhood Development • Learning Lessons from the Past: The Rise of Suburbia • Site Selection and Analysis • Strategies for High-Density Neighborhoods: The New Urbanism • Planning, Design, and Construction Principles for Sustainability • The Urban Renewal Process and Architectural Heritage • Balancing Environmental, Cultural, and Economic Needs: A Framework for Greener NeighborhoodsBest prices to buy, sell, or rent ISBN 9780071479615
Frequently Asked Questions about Sustainable Residential Development: Planning and Design for Green Neighborhoods
The price for the book starts from $8.99 on Amazon and is available from 19 sellers at the moment.
At BookScouter, the prices for the book start at $2.70. Feel free to explore the offers for the book in used or new condition from various booksellers, aggregated on our website.
If you’re interested in selling back the Sustainable Residential Development: Planning and Design for Green Neighborhoods book, you can always look up BookScouter for the best deal. BookScouter checks 30+ buyback vendors with a single search and gives you actual information on buyback pricing instantly.
As for the Sustainable Residential Development: Planning and Design for Green Neighborhoods book, the best buyback offer comes from and is $ for the book in good condition.
The Sustainable Residential Development: Planning and Design for Green Neighborhoods book is in very low demand now as the rank for the book is 3,098,679 at the moment. A rank of 1,000,000 means the last copy sold approximately a month ago.
Not enough insights yet.