Influenced
by his personal correspondence with Lewis Mumford
(widely regarded as one of the foremost urban critics
of the century), David Dobereiner's work advances a
concept of regional development that balances the
needs of the social world with those of the natural
ecosystem.
Knowing
that global land uses require radical re-thinking,
Dobereiner first provides an overview of the
important issues in sustainable urban design. His
concept of sustainable development includes not only
the physical elements of a community, but also the
economic and social impacts of development, and the
long-term conservation of natural resources.
Taking
it one step further, he looks at how development
ideals can be translated into practical
techniques--site planning, designing, and building
'green' projects--that conserve natural resources,
take advantage of existing urban structures, and
improve the economic and social dimensions of a
community, while considering the financial realities
that must be faced. Most of what needs to be done, he
believes, is known and is technically feasible.
Table of Contents
David
Dobereiner, who trained at the Architectural
Association School of Architecture in England, taught
architectural design and related subjects at
universities in the USA and Canada. He was an
Associate Professor of Architecture at Syracuse
University Department of Architecture and has also
served on design juries and given seminars and
lectures at Harvard, MIT and UC Berkeley. In 1990 he
won, in collaboration with Dan Chin, an international
design competition to build one of 25 bioclimatic
houses in the Canary Islands. His team's submission
was the only winning entry from USA.
256
pages, 6x9, photographs, diagrams, bibliography,
index
Paperback ISBN: 1-55164-278-6 $26.99
Hardcover ISBN: 1-55164-279-4 $55.99
Urban Planning /
Environmental Studies
May
2006
