The Space-Economic Transformation of the City [recurso electrónico] Towards Sustainability

City planning is the key-stone to tackle the question of climate-change and to involve adequate action. In Part I of this book, the theory of space-economy is presented. Opening up a new conceptual and operational toolbox for policy makers, practitioners and scholars, the theory of space-economy is based on a rigorously structured thinking and acting in the field of sustainable urban planning and architecture. Europe has the greatest experience in sustainable city planning worldwide. In Part II, four of the most remarkable experiences (Vauban in Freiburg i.B., Kronsberg in Hannover, Western Harbour in Malmö, Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm) are presented, dissected conceptually and operationally a radically new way. The interest of the approach is not limited to European countries. In Part III is developed a project in Asia, in Ho Chi Minh City, faced with dramatic threats due to climate change and rapidly growing tidal and sea-level rise. Based on the experiences presented in Part II, the approach is integrated in this completely different context, thus becoming fully effective at a much bigger scale. About the author: Peter Bächtold personifies some of recent history of urban planning in Europe and its potential for wide application, through his many experiences in several European countries, from his position as "professional officer" in the Greater London Council in the years 1970 to its professorial and research activity in France and Switzerland, which led to his current professional involvement in various countries in South Asia City planning is the key-stone to tackle the question of climate-change and to involve adequate action. In Part I of this book, the theory of space-economy is presented. Opening up a new conceptual and operational toolbox for policy makers, practitioners and scholars, the theory of space-economy is based on a rigorously structured thinking and acting in the field of sustainable urban planning and architecture. Europe has the greatest experience in sustainable city planning worldwide. In Part II, four of the most remarkable experiences (Vauban in Freiburg i.B., Kronsberg in Hannover, Western Harbour in Malmo, Hammarby Sjostad in Stockholm) are presented, dissected conceptually and operationally a radically new way. The interest of the approach is not limited to European countries. In Part III is developed a project in Asia, in Ho Chi Minh City, faced with dramatic threats due to climate change and rapidly growing tidal and sea-level rise. Based on the experiences presented in Part II, the approach is integrated in this completely different context, thus becoming fully effective at a much bigger scale. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Impact of Urban Form on the Sustainability of the City....Pages 3-13 Bottom-Up Approach....Pages 15-46 Top-Down Strategy....Pages 47-60 Front Matter....Pages 61-63 Short Descriptions of the Four Eco-Areas....Pages 65-74 Sustainable Urban Development....Pages 75-107 Energy, Water and Waste....Pages 109-134 Lessons Can Be Learned from the Four Eco-Areas....Pages 135-139 Front Matter....Pages 141-143 Urban Planning Strategy for Ho Chi Minh City....Pages 145-153 Space-Economic Transformation of Ho Chi Minh City....Pages 155-170 Towards a New Urban Planning Strategy....Pages 171-173 Back Matter....Pages 175-180