Designing Sustainable Communities by Friedman, Avi

Designing Sustainable Communities (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781472572905)

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Format: Paperback
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Designing Sustainable Communities by Friedman, Avi

Designing Sustainable Communities

$59.95
Designing Sustainable Communities by Friedman, Avi

Designing Sustainable Communities

$59.95
Format: Paperback
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Innovation in planning is essential to dealing with the challenges society currently faces, from urban sprawl to climate change. In this book, Avi Friedman looks at both new and revived sustainable strategies at a neighborhood level to explore options for both rehabilitating older communities as well as options for those projects being designed from scratch.

The book takes a holistic approach to sustainable community design, covering aspects such as:

- Transportation and how to avoid reliance on private vehicles
- Ecological, psychological and economic values of open spaces
- Neighborhood resilience and health
- Affordability and energy consumption

Interviews with and information from designers of sustainable communities provide first-hand insight into their development. Outstanding illustrated case studies from communities throughout the world add depth and insight into this important subject.

Author: Avi Friedman
ISBN-10: 1472572904
ISBN-13: 9781472572905
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Language: English
Published: 06/15/2017
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 10.50h x 8.30w x 0.50d
By Avi Friedman
By Avi Friedman
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Avi Friedman is Professor of Architecture at the McGill School of Architecture, Montreal, Canada. In 1988, he co-founded the Affordable Homes Program. His research interests focus on the design and implementation of affordable and sustainable building practices at the unit and community levels, including innovation, construction and resource efficiency. He is the recipient of the Progressive Architecture Research Award, the J.-Armand-Bombardier Prize for Technological Innovation and the Manning Innovation Award of Distinction.

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