Eco-development in China: cities, communities and buildings
In: Palgrave series in Asia and Pacific studies
In: ProQuest Ebook Central
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 A Historic Perspective -- 1.2 A Glimpse of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Sustainability and Development: Challenges, Implications and Actor Constellations -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Urban Sustainability in Context -- 2.2.1 Setting the Scene -- 2.2.2 Challenges of the Sustainable City -- 2.2.3 Eco-City: A Newly Emerged Global Phenomenon -- 2.3 Dimensions and Spatial Levels of Urban Sustainability -- 2.3.1 Understanding the Built Environment -- 2.3.2 Dimensions of Urban Sustainability -- 2.3.3 Spatial Levels of Urban Sustainability -- 2.3.3.1 Spatial Levels of the Built Environment -- 2.3.3.2 Building Performance and Technologies -- 2.3.3.3 Neighbourhood Pattern and Community Cohesion -- 2.3.3.4 Cities and Urban Planning -- 2.3.4 Integrated Thinking of Urban Sustainability -- 2.4 Actor Constellations of Sustainability -- 2.4.1 Urban Sustainability: Actor Constellations -- 2.4.2 Eco-Development: Actors and Barriers -- References -- 2.4.3 Websites -- Chapter 3: Eco-Development in the Global Context -- 3.1 Common Threads from the Global Examples -- 3.2 Global Examples at City Level -- 3.2.1 Freiburg, Germany -- 3.2.2 Curitiba, Brazil -- 3.3 Global Examples at the Neighbourhood Level -- 3.3.1 Beddington Zero Energy Development, London, UK -- 3.3.2 Hammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm, Sweden -- 3.4 Global Examples at the Building Level -- 3.4.1 The Crystal, London, the UK -- 3.4.2 Passive House in Germany -- 3.5 Evaluating the Sustainability Performance of the Built Environment -- 3.5.1 Green Building Evaluation -- 3.5.1.1 A Brief of Green Building Rating Systems -- 3.5.1.2 A Further Discussion -- 3.5.2 Neighbourhood Sustainability Rating Systems -- 3.5.2.1 Scaling up from Individual Buildings.
