Building Cities to Last: A Practical Guide to Sustainable Urbanism

By Jassen Callender

Book Overview

Building Cities to LAST presents the myriad issues of sustainable urbanism in a clear and concise system, and supports holistic thinking about sustainable development in urban environments by providing four broad measures of urban sustainability that differ radically from other, less long-lived patterns: these are Lifecycle, Aesthetics, Scale, and Technology (LAST). This framework for understanding the relationship between these four measures and the essential types of infrastructure--grouped according to the basic human needs of Food, Shelter, Mobility, and Water--is laid out in a simple and easy-to-understand format. These broad measures and infrastructures address the city as a whole and as a recognizable pattern of human activity and, in turn, increase the ability of cities--and the human race--to LAST. This book will find wide readership particularly among students and young practitioners in architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367223783
• ISBN13: 9780367223786
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"