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Architectural Press

Urban design: green dimensions. 2nd edition, 2005
Relates sustainable development and green design to the realm of urban design and development. Uses cases studies and discusses policy developments in order to challenge the conventional wisdom on sustainable design. Also provides an update on topics such as energy efficiency, sustainable city forms and the culture of new urbanism, and new chapters on urban parks and biodiversity.
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Ashgate Publishing Ltd

Urban environmental planning: policies, instruments and methods in an international perspective, 1997
This publication addresses central questions of confronting sustainable urban development.

British Council of Shopping Centres

Urban design for retail environments, 2002
Covers the urban design agenda, retail-led regeneration, urban design principles, and how to make it happen.
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British Library

Quality of life in cities: an overview and guide to the literature, 1994
Quality of life as a concept is destined to remain at the centre of the political and academic agenda, shaping and reflecting the life chances and lifestyles of residents in cities in the 1990s and beyond. As the authors of this book note in the following chapters, the way forward in the search for the 'good city environment' depends on successful improvement of those features which determine the quality of life experienced by people in their daily lives within the city.
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Building Research Energy Conservation Support Unit

Good Practice Case Study 59 Urban energy management. Laganside Belfast, 1991
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Building Research Establishment

Report 380 Environmental site layout planning: solar access, microclimate and passive cooling in urban areas, 2000
The main objective of this publication is to produce comprehensive design guidance on urban layout to ensure good access to solar gain, daylighting and passive cooling. The aim is to enable designers to produce comfortable, energy-efficient buildings surrounded by pleasant outdoor spaces, within an urban context that minimizes energy consumption and the effects of pollution.
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Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd

Urban design: green dimensions. 3rd edition, 2005
This book aims to relate the main components of urban design to a general theory or urban structuring with a strong design emphasis but within the general field of sustainable city development.
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Central Office of Information

Urban regeneration, 1995
This book describes the policies and programmes introduced to revitalise run-down urban areas in Britain, including the Single Regeneration Budget, urban development corporations and enterprise zones.
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Council for the Protection of Rural England

Urban footprints, 1994
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Transport corridors - blessing or blind alley?, 2000
This briefing explores the pros and cons of transport corridors and provides guidance and advice on how to respond to transport corridor proposals.
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Urban campaign checklist, 1998
This checklist of urban campaign topics has been assembled by CPRE London in conjunction with its district groups, some of which have substantial urban areas. The action points could be applied by branches and volunteers to almost any built area.
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Going to town, 1998
This publication looks at reclaiming, refurbishing and restoring towns.
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Urban exodus, 1998
The movement of people away from London and metropolitan England underlies challenging questions about how to regenerate urban areas and protect the countryside. This report presents some of the most detailed research ever undertaken into migration out of and into urban England and why it is happening. It sheds new light on the central challenges about how to influence and reduce the loss of people from town to country for the benefit of them both.
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Urban and rural futures, 2000
This publication is divided into ten main sections; introduction; towards a shared future; a methodology for the urban and rural futures event; session 1 - measuring quality of life; session 2 - costs and trade-offs; headlines; session 3 - making your voice heard; the response to the questionnaires; conclusions and; methodological recommendations.
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Council of Europe

Strategies for sustainable development in urban regions in Europe, 1994
Presented by the Norwegian Minister of Environment at the 10th session of the European Conference of Ministers responsible for Regional Planning (CEMAT). Oslo, 6-7th September 1994.
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Department of the Environment

Urban trends in England: latest evidence from the 1991 census, 1996
This publication is divided into 7 main sections; urban trends - an overview; changing urban structure; area profiles; migration; workplace and travel to work patterns; ethnic minorities; multiple deprivation.
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Sustainable settlements and shelter: the United Kingdom national report - Habitat II, 1996
The purpose of this National Agenda is to record what is actually being done and what is planned to do in the UK to improve the quality of life in cities, towns and villages in ways which are consistent with the aims of sustainable development.
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Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Living in urban England, 2000
This report brings together evidence from recent surveys about residents' views of the areas they live in. It provides insights from people living in all types of areas in England, but picks out issues of particular concern for residents of urban areas.
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Use of density in urban planning, 1998
This research study was commissioned to; improve understanding of current practice in the use of density; improve understanding of the relationships between density and the demand for land and between density and built form; and to establish a basis for consistent methods of density measurements and expressions.
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Earthscan Publications

Making cities work: the role of local authorities in the urban environment, 1996
This publication looks at the vital role which local authorities can and are playing in safeguarding and developing our towns and cities. The second part of this book comprises 18 case studies from around the world which demonstrate how cities can learn from each other's best practice in urban sustainable development.
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English Heritage

New shopping in historic towns: the Chesterfield story, 1990
As a historic town, Chesterfield possesses its fair share of attractive older buildings and yet is subject to strong commercial pressures. This publication looks at how the decision was made to conserve and adapt existing buildings rather than demolish them and replace them with modern shopping outlets.
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Environmental capacity: a methodology for historic cities, 1995
The aim of this report is to provide a practical tool for local authorities in seeking to integrate environmental concerns into their planning processes.
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English Partnerships

Making mixed use happen: creating quality places for people, 1998
The aim of Making Mixed Use Happen is to bring significant resources and skills to those who wish to promote mixed use development on brownfield sites in England.
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Urban design compendium, 2000
The purpose of the compendium is to help equip project applicants, funding bodies and interested third parties with guidance on achieving and assessing the quality of urban design in developing and restoring urban areas.
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European Commission

Mixed uses in buildings, blocks and quarters, 1994
This final report is the result of a period of study in five European countries - the UK, France, Germany, The Netherlands, and Italy. It looks at five case studies.
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

Innovations for the improvement of the urban environment: a European overview, 1993
Gives an overview of urban innovative projects in all EC member states.
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Innovative and sustainable cities, 1997
This is the final report in the Foundation's study on urban innovations.
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What future for urban environments in Europe?, 1996
Part 1 of this publication includes interviews with the Ministers of Urban Affairs in the European Union. Part 2 includes highlights from the Foundation's work on urban environment (1993-96).
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Green Books

Ecovillages: new frontiers for sustainability, 2006
Describes the history and potential of the ecovillage movement, including the evolution of the Global Ecovillage Network and current developments in both North and South. The threads that are brought together in Ecovillages include: learning from the best elements in traditional and indigenous cultures; Alternative economy: community banks and currencies, and voluntary simplicity; Designing with nature: using permaculture design, eco-building, small-scale energy generation, waste-management, low-impact transport systems, etc.; organic, locally-based food production and processing; reviving small-scale participatory governance, conflict facilitation and social inclusion as well as reviving active inter-generational community; and creating a culture of peace, and holistic, whole person education.
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Institution of Highways and Transportation

Guidelines for urban safety management (USM), 1990
Describes Urban Safety Management and how best to implement this new approach. The guidelines are intended to help Local Authorities to fulfil in urban areas their responsibilities for road safety as set out in the Local Authority Associations Code of Practice.
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Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Nature conservation in towns and cities: a framework for action, 1990
A guide for local authorities on how to incorporate urban conservation into other areas of work. Includes site histories showing good and bad practice.
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Slow death of great cities? Urban abandonment or urban renaissance, 1999
This report examines the experience of four neighbourhoods within the inner areas of two Northern cities (Manchester and Newcastle), that suffer from low demand, incipient abandonment and general depopulation.
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Royal Town Planning Institute

Urban environment: resume of the green paper, 1991
This document is a resume of the Green Paper (EUR 12902 EN) of the Commission of the European Communities.
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Urban environment: memorandum of observations on green paper, 1991
This document is a memorandum of observations on the Green Paper (EUR 12902 EN) of the Commission of the European Communities.
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Town and Country Planning Association

Urban housing capacity: what can be done?, 1998
This report summarises the findings of the project Urban Housing Capacity and the Sustainable City undertaken between October 1997 and February 1998.
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United Nations University Press

Cities and the environment: new approaches for eco-societies, 1999
This volume identifies and conceptualises the ideal of urban eco-societies, embracing their technological, political, and sociological dimensions and focusing on broad but practical lifestyle changes.
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Urban Task Force

Urban renaissance: sharing the vision, 1999
A study of over 300 detailed responses to the Urban Task Force Prospectus, from local authorities, housing developers, national, regional and community organisations and numerous interested individuals.
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Urban Villages Forum

Economics of urban villages, 1995
Provides a general guide to all concerned in the planning and implementation of urban villages.
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Urban villages: a concept for creating mixed-use urban developments on a sustainable scale. (2nd edition), 1998
Report published by the Urban Villages Forum to stimulate discussion and action by all concerned with the quality of the built environment.
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Worldwatch Institute

Paper 77 Future of urbanization: facing the ecological and economic restraints, 1987
This publication is divided into six main parts; the growth and role of cities; urban energy needs; feeding cities; nutrient recycling; ecology and economics of city size and; seeking a rural-urban balance.
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Paper 105 Shaping cities: the environmental and human dimensions, 1991
This publication is divided into seven main parts; urban planning around the globe; transport's missing link; building energy; protecting water; room enough for all; humane cities and; groundwork for urban land use policy.
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Paper 147 Reinventing cities for people and the planet, 1999
This paper argues that changes in six areas - water, waste, food, energy, transportation, and land use - are needed to make cities and the vast areas they affect better for both people and the planet.
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