248 pages, 8 x 10
181 colour figures, 11 tables
Paperback
Release Date:01 Sep 2013
ISBN:9781610914086
The Hidden Potential of Sustainable Neighborhoods
Lessons from Low-Carbon Communities
Island Press
How do you achieve effective low-carbon design beyond the building
level? How do you create a community that is both livable and
sustainable? More importantly, how do you know if you have succeeded?
Harrison Fraker goes beyond abstract principles to provide a clear,
in-depth evaluation of four first generation low-carbon neighborhoods
in Europe, and shows how those lessons can be applied to the U.S. Using
concrete performance data to gauge successes and failures, he presents
a holistic model based on best practices.
level? How do you create a community that is both livable and
sustainable? More importantly, how do you know if you have succeeded?
Harrison Fraker goes beyond abstract principles to provide a clear,
in-depth evaluation of four first generation low-carbon neighborhoods
in Europe, and shows how those lessons can be applied to the U.S. Using
concrete performance data to gauge successes and failures, he presents
a holistic model based on best practices.
Harrison Fraker is a professor of architecture andurban design at UC Berkeley, as well as former Dean of the Schoolof Architecture there. He has published seminal articles on thedesign potential of sustainable systems and urban design principles fortransit oriented neighbourhoods.
