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Ethics and urban design : culture, form, and environment

Title: Ethics and urban design : culture, form, and environment / Gideon S. Golany.
Author: Golany, Gideon.
Publication: New York : J. Wiley, ©1995.

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Description

xii, 260 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm

Summary

"Future Frontiers for Urban Design," the culminating section of this groundbreaking book, opens with Golany's vision of the future city. He examines the issues of thermal performance and climate as they relate to urban design and offers the concept of "geospace"--The earth-enveloped habitat. Buttressing his presentation with detailed information on the mechanics of geospace, Golany describes case studies of the successful use of earth-enveloped habitats in China and Tunisia. He makes a powerful argument for the geospace city as a renewal of ancient traditions that can restore the vital equilibrium between nature and human settlements that we seem to have lost.

Alternative Title

Ethics & urban design

Subject

Genre/Form

Case studies
History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-245) and index.

Contents

Ethics of environmental design -- part 1. Lessons from the indigenous past. Genesis of the city ; Early urban centers -- part 2. Present practice. Comprehensive design ; Contemporary comprehensive design : The case of Holland -- part 3. Future frontiers for urban design. Urban design morphology and thermal performance ; Soil thermal performance and geospace design ; Geospace city concept : a renewal of ancient tradition -- Conclusion.

ISBN

0471122742
9780471122746

LCCN

95001333

OCLC

ocm31936824
31936824
SCSB-2063257

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library