Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:00:33 BST CiteULike: iup's urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/tag/urban CiteULike.org en-gb Copyright © 2004-2008 citeulike.org http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2784023 <i>(29 August 2005)</i><br /><br />Concentrating on the planning and design of cities, the three sections take a logical route through the discussion from the broad considerations at regional and city scale, to the larger city at high and lower densities through to design considerations on the smaller block scale. Key design issues such as access to facilities, access for sunlight, life cycle analyses, and the impact of communications on urban design are tackled, and in conclusion, the research is compared to large scale design examples that have been proposed and/or implemented over the past decade to give a vision for the future that might be achievable.<br><br>* Provides an accessible presentation of the latest research in sustainable urban planning and design<br>* Illustrates recent sustainable plans and schemes to show how they stand up against the latest research<br>* Offers architects, urban designers and planners a view of how urban forms can become more sustainable in the future Future Forms and Design for Sustainable Cities (29 August 2005) 2008-05-11T09:56:15-00:00 2005 Architectural Press form sustainable urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2724579 <i>(19 December 2005)</i><br /><br /><B>A compelling manifesto using ten buildings to illustrate how environmental responsibility promises to reinvigorate contemporary architecture.</B><BR><BR>Contemporary buildings, like contemporary forms of urban development, are major contributors to the environmental crisis. In this book documenting a major traveling exhibition organized by the Architectural League, curator and critic Peter Buchanan uses ten buildings that combine environmental responsibility and design excellence to argue that sustainability is not just good for the planet, but offers architects new opportunities for creativity and innovation. He shows that there is no single route to sustainability and no such thing as a green aesthetic. Rather, through a range of building types, he demonstrates that increased awareness of a building's setting combined with advances in technology create unlimited opportunities for responsive design. Generously illustrated with four-color photographs and plans, the book includes work by an international roster of architects, including Norman Foster, Neutelings Riedijk Architecten, Herzog + Partner, and Renzo Piano. 164 color photos and line drawings. Ten Shades of Green: Architecture and the Natural World Peter Buchanan (19 December 2005) 2008-04-27T19:37:21-00:00 2005 W. W. Norton architektur energy urban urbanism http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2547372 <i>(27 January 2003)</i><br /><br />The second edition of this very successful volume examines the current state of planning theory and the new directions it has taken in recent years.<br><ul><br><li>Examines the current state of planning theory and the new directions it has taken in recent years. <br><li>Draws on a wide range of authors who address planning history, arguments for and against planning, competing planning styles, planning ethics, the public interest, and considerations of race and gender. <br><li>Theoretical perspectives include political economy, postmodernism, communicative rationality, and feminism. <br><li>Readings new to this edition examine themes emerging in planning theory, including a critique of the modernist roots of centralized planning, a reemphasis on space in planning, and a discussion of the difficulty of sustainable development. <br><li>Features new case studies of planning success and failure in both the United States and the United Kingdom. <br><li>Contains thirteen wholly new readings.</li></ul> Readings in Planning Theory (Studies in Urban and Social Change) Susan Fainstein (27 January 2003) 2008-03-17T17:51:41-00:00 2003 Wiley-Blackwell planning theory urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2531937 <i>(01 January 2003)</i> Neue Urbanität - das Verschmelzen von Stadt und Landschaft Franz Oswald Nicola Schüller (01 January 2003) 2008-03-14T13:07:22-00:00 2003 Gva-Vertriebsgemeinschaft energy planning urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2531909 <i>(15 June 2000)</i><br /><br /><i>Achieving Sustainable Urban Form</i> represents a major advance in the sustainable development debate. It moves on from theoretical discourse about sustainable urban forms to proven knowledge and good practice. It presents research which defines elements of sustainable urban form - density, size, configuration, detailed design and quality - from macro to micro scale. Case studies from Europe, the USA and Australia are used to illustrate good practice within the fields of planning, urban design and architecture.<br> <i>Acheiving Sustainable Urban Form</i> is a progression from the editor's previous book <i>The Compact City: A Sustainable Urban Form?</i> This new volume addresses the problems and complexities involved in defining and developing sustainable urban forms, but also shows that real advances have been made. Achieving Sustainable Urban Form Mike Jenks (15 June 2000) 2008-03-14T12:43:37-00:00 2000 Spon Press energy landuse sustainability urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2526348 <i>(02 April 2003)</i> Von der schrumpfenden Stadt zur Lean City: Prozesse und Auswirkungen der Stadtschrumpfung in Ostdeutschland und deren Bewältigung Thilo Lang Eric Tenz (02 April 2003) 2008-03-13T14:00:17-00:00 2003 Dortmunder Vertrieb für Bau- und Planungsliteratur shrinking sustainability urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2526319 <i></i> Okologische Stadterneuerung: Ein neues Leitbild der Stadtentwicklung? : mit einer Fallstudie zur kommunalen Planung in Saarbrucken (Werkberichte / Lehrstuhl fur Planungstheorie Aachen) Frank Betker 2008-03-13T13:52:07-00:00 Alano/Rader planning urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2526288 <i>(15 July 2005)</i><br /><br />Advancing towards sustainable development will be impossible without the active participation of informed and aware citizens and decision-makers. This publication will provide the unspecialised decision-makers, citizens, students and policy-makers of the future, with significant information about a dynamic sector-energy- and a space-city- that are critical for sustainability. _ Cities and the energy field are now on the verge of dramatic changes. Urban energy systems are capital intensive and have long lives. Immediate change is difficult and innovation is crucial for inefficient patterns to be transformed into more intelligent systems. Strongly entrenched ideas start to vacillate and new investments challenge the inertia of old infrastructures. New concepts, values and technological breakthroughs emerge, linked to policy and market initiatives, public expectations and scientific developments. Sustainable Development, Energy and the City: A Civilisation of Concepts and Actions Voula Mega (15 July 2005) 2008-03-13T13:40:36-00:00 2005 Springer energy planning urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2526287 <i>(1 March 2008)</i><br /><br />Kurzbeschreibung/ „Städte und Gemeinden sind die Träger der kulturellen, politischen und wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung Europas. Ihre Urbanität ist eine notwendige Vorraussetzung für eine nachhaltige Lebensform: Zum einen, weil nur Urbanität höchste Erreichbarkeit bei geringstem Energieverbrauch ermöglicht. Zum anderen, weil die Urbanität das klassische Streitfeld ist, auf dem alle historischen Konflikte Europas ausgetragen wurden.“ „Die Zukunft der Menschheit entscheidet sich in den Städten“. Ökologische Stadtentwicklung und Stadtsanierung sind daher umfassende städtebauliche Felder, bei denen der Landschaftsökologie, der Stadt- und Gebäudeplanung, der Energietechnik oder der Verkehrsplanung wichtige Stellenwerte zukommen. Die Möglichkeiten zur Ökologisierung der Stadtentwicklung sind vielfältig. Dabei ist festzustellen, dass der Stadtplanung bei Neuplanung von Siedlungen bzw. im Zuge der Bauleitplanung weitaus mehr Möglichkeiten zur ökologisch-nachhaltigen Gestaltung zur Verfügung stehen als innerhalb der Stadtsanierung, die als städtebaulichem Denkmal- und Ensembleschutz im historischen und gegenwärtigen Bestand von Städten und Gemeinden fungiert. Die Übertragung der Inhalte/ Potentiale und Möglichkeit ökologisch-nachhaltiger Stadtentwicklung, wie z.B. die der Energieeinsparung, des Einsatzes regenerativer Energien oder die der ökologischen Nutzung von Regenwasser auf die Stadtsanierung ist somit eines der spannendsten und zukunftsweisendsten Aufgaben. Genau diese Thematik wird im Rahmen der Arbeit auch analysiert und praktiziert. Im Grundlagenteil beschäftigt sich die Studie zunächst mit der Nachhaltigkeit allgemein, sowie der ökologisch-nachhaltigen Stadtentwicklung, bevor sich der Hauptteil ausschließlich mit dem Thema Stadtsanierung und dem noch sehr jungen Themenfeld der Ökologischen Stadtsanierung beschäftigt. Beispiele aus der zeitgenössischen Stadtentwicklung sollen als Grundlage für den Hauptteil der Umsetzbar- und Übertragbarkeit der Inhalte auf eine Ökologische Stadtsanierung dienen. Im Rahmen einer Analyse werden positive und negative Aspekte der Übertragung von ökologischen Aspekten auf die städtebauliche Sanierung unter besonderer Betrachtung von bestehenden Gestaltwerten ausgelotet. Durch fundierte Stärken-Schwächen-Erhebung werden die verschiedensten ökologischen Inhalte wie Energieeinsparung, Nutzung regenerativer Energien oder beispielsweise Nutzung von Regenwasser auf die Stadtsanierung projiziert. Höhepunkt der Grundlagenarbeit ist dann die Analyse eines konkreten Beispiels. Anhand eines Sanierungsgebietes in der rheinhessischen Gemeinde Oppenheim, werden zunächst dessen „ökologische Potentiale“ erarbeitet und daraus resultierend ein Ökologisches Altstadtsanierungskonzept erstellt. Die vorliegende Studie beschreibt in ausführlicher Weise die Ökologische Stadtsanierung und versucht anhand des Beispiels dessen „Allgemeingültigkeit“ bzw. einzelne Unterschiede herauszustellen. Dabei werden die notwendigen gesetzlichen Grundlagen, sowie bereits vorhandene Gestaltungssatzungen und städtebauliche Rahmenpläne des Exempels „ökologisch überarbeitet“ und in dieser Hinsicht neu konzeptioniert. // Klappentext/ Die hier vorliegende Studie befaßt sich in vielfältiger Weise mit den Feldern der Stadtentwicklung und in besonderem Maße mit der Stadtsanierung als einem der wichtigsten städtebaulichen Aufgaben. Im Hauptteil geht die Arbeit dann ausschließlich auf die städtebauliche Sanierungsmaßnahme im Sinne der §§ 136 ff BauGB ein und analysiert anhand der aus dem Grundlagen- und allgemeinen Analyseteil ermittelten Fakten die ökologische Stadtsanierung als eine der gegenwärtig wichtigsten Zukunftsaufgaben. Im darauffolgenden konzeptionellen Teil wird an einem konkreten Beispiel einer Stadtsanierungsmaßnahme in der rheinhessischen Gemeinde Oppenheim eine ökologische Altstadtsanierung praktisch dargestellt und rechtlich auf Allgemeingültigkeit hin überprüft. Ökologische Stadtsanierung Marcus Schowalter (1 March 2008) 2008-03-13T13:39:47-00:00 2008 Salzwasser-Verlag ecology urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/1104884 <i>(15 June 1960)</i><br /><br />What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion--<i>imageability</i>--and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities.<br /> <br /> The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form. The architect, the planner, and certainly the city dweller will all want to read this book. The Image of the City Kevin Lynch (15 June 1960) 2007-02-13T11:25:45-00:00 1960 The MIT Press behavior urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2526226 <i>(01 November 2007)</i><br /><br />In a world where individuals are increasingly mobile, how people originating from different cultures live together is one of the key issues of the 21st century. There is a growing need for new thinking on how diverse communities can live together in productive harmony and not in parallel and separate lives. Policy is often dominated by mitigating the perceived negative effects of diversity (complexity, loss of cohesion, exploitation and racism) but little thought has been given to how a diversity dividend or increased innovative capacity might be achieved. <br /><br />The Intercultural City analyzes the relationship of urban policy to policies on cultural diversity, principally in the UK but also drawing upon original research in North America, Europe and Australasia. It includes a review of the literature in the field, and a critique of past and current policy, before introducing new theoretical concepts. It provides significant and practical advice for the reader, with new insights and tools for practitioners including the intercultural lens, indicators of openness and urban cultural literacy. The Intercultural City: Planning for Diversity Advantage Phil Wood Charles Landry (01 November 2007) 2008-03-13T13:20:15-00:00 2007 Earthscan Publications Ltd. behavior sustainability urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2526216 <i>(16 November 2007)</i><br /><br />Synopsis Written by the chair of the LEED-Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) initiative, "Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature" is both an urgent call to action and a comprehensive introduction to 'sustainable urbanism' - the emerging and growing design reform movement that combines the creation and enhancement of walkable and diverse places with the need to build high-performance infrastructure and buildings. Providing a historic perspective on the standards and regulations that got us to where we are today in terms of urban lifestyle and attempts at reform, Douglas Farr makes a powerful case for sustainable urbanism, showing where we went wrong, and where we need to go. He then explains how to implement sustainable urbanism through leadership and communication in cities, communities, and neighborhoods.Essays written by Farr and others delve into such issues as increasing sustainability through density, integrating transportation and land use, and creating sustainable neighborhoods, including housing, car-free areas, locally-owned stores, walkable neighborhoods, and universal accessibility. It covers the health and environmental benefits of linking humans to nature, including walk-to open spaces, neighborhood stormwater systems and waste treatment, and food production; high performance buildings and district energy systems.Enriching the argument are in-depth case studies in sustainable urbanism, from BedZED in London, England and Newington in Sydney, Australia, to New Railroad Square in Santa Rosa, California and Dongtan, Shanghai, China. It is an epilogue that looks to the future of sustainable urbanism over the next 200 years. At once solidly researched and passionately argued, "Sustainable Urbanism" is the ideal guidebook for urban designers, planners, and architects who are eager to make a positive impact on our - and our descendants' - buildings, cities, and lives. Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature Douglas Farr (16 November 2007) 2008-03-13T13:17:19-00:00 2007 Wiley planning sustainability urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2526197 <i>(15 March 1996)</i><br /><br />This book presents the latest thinking on the benefits and dangers of higher density urban living. It offers diverse opinions and research, from a wide range of disciplines, and gives an insight into both the theoretical debate and the practical challenges surrounding the compact city. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in sustainable urban development. // Synopsis/ There is a widespread consensus that progress towards sustainable development is essential. Human activity cannot continue to use resources at the present rate without jeopardising opportunities for future generations. Cities are the main arena of human activity, but they are also the greatest consumers of natural resources. However, urban sustainability is not just about environmental concerns, it is also about economic viability, liveability and social equity. Recently much attention has focused on the relationship between urban form and sustainability; the suggestion being that the shape and density of cities can have implications for their future. From this debate, strong arguments are emerging that the compact city is the most sustainable urban form. This book presents the latest thinking on the benefits and dangers of higher density urban living. It offers diverse opinions and research, from a wide range of disciplines, and gives an insight into both the theoretical debate and the practical challenges surrounding the compact city. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in sustainable urban development. Compact City: A Sustainable Urban Form? Mike Jenks (15 March 1996) 2008-03-13T13:08:54-00:00 1996 Routledge sustainability urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2526158 <i>(2005)</i><br /><br />Abstract/ The objective of this paper is to present the development of quantitative, spatially explicit, and alternative scenarios of future urban land use in Europe. The scenario-construction methodology is based on three steps: (1) an interpretation of four global-scale storylines describing in qualitative terms alternative urban-development pathways, (2) the development and application of a simple statistical model to estimate the future demand for urban land, and (3) the development of rules to allocate this urban demand geographically through the consideration of land-use planning goals. The qualitative part of the analysis is based on an interpretation of the four storylines of the Special Report on Emission Scenarios by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This interpretation describes the principal driving forces that are specific to the European region and to the urban sector on the basis of the theoretical principles of urban economy. The urban-demand model includes two driving forces: (a) the population, representing demographic trends and the demand for housing; and (b) the gross domestic product, reflecting the economic level and dynamism. A further three variables are used as drivers of spatial patterns: (c) accessibility to the transport network; (d) the degree of restriction arising from land-use planning policy, and (e) the relative attractiveness (in terms of residential-location choice) of small, medium, and large cities. Thus, the urban-land-use change model is based on a multilevel analysis, which integrates theory and empirical evidence. The results are original urban-land-use maps of Europe for each of the four scenarios on the basis of a 10’ (latitude and longitude) geographic grid. The comparison of these alternative views of the future and the transparency of the development of these views provide a rich and consistent method for understanding the relationships between driving forces, their intensity, and their consequence for geographic space. Scenario analysis is a useful tool to test incentives, measures, or planning regulations according to different policy objectives. Scenarios of future urban land use in Europe Isabelle Reginster Mark Rounsevell (2005) 2008-03-13T12:56:30-00:00 2005 landuse urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2525984 <i>(1996)</i><br /><br />Extensively revised and updated for the Habitat II Conference, this work addresses key issues, analyzing the problems of expanding city populations and exploring the possibility of healing cities, making them self-sustaining, and responsible for themselves and their immediate surrounding. -- Synopsis This volume has been extensively revised and updated for the Habitat II Conference. The foreword sets out the main focus of the conference: how can we provide adequate shelter and livelihoods for the world's every-growing numbers of urban citizens; and how can we achieve sustainable human settlements in an urbanizing world? In the last 100 years, global urban populations have expanded from 15 to 50 per cent. Urban growth patterns are changing the face of the Earth and the condition of humanity. This book addresses these key issues, analyzing the problems of expanding city populations and exploring the possibility of healing cities, making them self-sustaining, responsible for themselves and their immediate surroundings. In Part One, the author examines the ecology of settlements, city dynamics and the global shift from settlement to city. Part Two explains how a sick city makes for a sick world, and how expanding cities become parasites on their surroundings. Part Three takes a realistic look at people and cities, and how they work together, and identifies ways of healing cities. Finally, the conclusion explains just how close Earth is to her carrying capacity, and why there is a need to act now to prevent a system overload. Herbert Girardet is the co-author of "Blueprint For a Green Planet" and has produced TV documentaries on tropical forests, including "Jungle Pharmacy", "The Altamira Gathering", and "Halting the Fires". He is also the author of a report called "Getting London Into Shape for the Year 2000". The Gaia Atlas of Cities: New Directions for Sustainable Urban Living Herbert Girardet (1996) 2008-03-13T11:57:43-00:00 1996 191 Gaia Books Ltd behavior sustainability urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2516749 <i>(17 January 2003)</i><br /><br />This new text provides a coherent overview of the important issues in sustainable urban design. The writers focus on the physical aspects of the urban environment - the buildings and their engineering systems, landscaping, transport systems, energy, water and waste systems and successfully cover all the key elements in one volume together with fully illustrated examples of best practice. The contributors, drawn from architectural and planning practices, are recognised experts in this field. Sustainable Urban Design: An Environmental Approach Randall Thomas (17 January 2003) 2008-03-11T21:42:04-00:00 2003 Taylor & Francis energy planning sustainability urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2516746 <i>Landscape and Urban Planning, Vol. 48, No. 1-2. (20 April 2000), pp. 31-44.</i><br /><br />It is a well established fact that the urban landscape creates a climate which influences, for example, human comfort, air quality and energy consumption. However, in spite of this knowledge, it has been recognised that climate issues often have low impact on the urban planning process in practice. The reason for this lack of influence is an important question for which answers must be sought among climatologists, planners and the planning process. The main objective with the present study was to investigate if, how and when knowledge about the climate is used in the urban planning process. The research strategy was developed in an interdisciplinary research group involving climatologists and planners. Case studies involving different interview techniques and historical data were carried out by different actors involved in urban planning at the municipality level in three cities in Sweden. The study showed that urban planners were interested in climatic aspects but the use of climatic information was unsystematic and the results confirmed that climatology has a low impact on the planning process. The low impact is a result of several constraints which could be related to five explanatory variables i.e. conceptual and knowledge based, technical, policy, organisational and the market. The discussion part of the paper presents some key conclusions which address these constraints. It is important that urban climatologists meet the planners demand-driven needs by providing them with good arguments, suitable methods and tools. Urban climatologists are also encouraged to improve the awareness of the importance of urban climate not only among planners but also among decision-makers and the public. However, as planning is a political activity which not always is based on or even related to scientific knowledge, some of the identified constraints could only be counteracted through improved institutional capacity in the social context of planning. The use of climate knowledge in urban planning Ingegard Eliasson doi:10.1016/S0169-2046(00)00034-7 Landscape and Urban Planning, Vol. 48, No. 1-2. (20 April 2000), pp. 31-44. 2008-03-11T21:41:15-00:00 2000 Landscape and Urban Planning 48 1-2 31 44 climate planning urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2516690 <i>Fuel Cells Bulletin, Vol. 2006, No. 6. (June 2006), 5.</i><br /><br />In Germany, a HotModule molten carbonate fuel cell system from MTU CFC Solutions GmbH is about to enter operation in HafenCity in Hamburg's docklands - currently Europe's largest inner-city development project. MTU HotModule heats Hamburg's HafenCity doi:10.1016/S1464-2859(06)71078-1 Fuel Cells Bulletin, Vol. 2006, No. 6. (June 2006), 5. 2008-03-11T21:23:25-00:00 2006 Fuel Cells Bulletin 2006 6 5 hamburg planning urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2516679 <i>(10 March 2003)</i><br /><br />Promoters of multi-billion dollar land-use development megaprojects systematically misinform parliaments, the public and the media in order to get them approved and built. This book not only explores these issues, but suggests practical solutions drawing on theory and scientific evidence from the several hundred projects in twenty nations and five continents. It is of interest to students, scholars, planners, economists, auditors, politicians and concerned citizens. Megaprojects and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition Bent Flyvbjerg Nils Bruzelius Werner Rothengatter (10 March 2003) 2008-03-11T21:19:21-00:00 2003 Cambridge University Press planning urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2516666 <i>(01 January 2003)</i><br /><br />WINNER OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD, 2003 <P>Since the demise of urban renewal in the early 1970s, the politics of large-scale public investment in and around major American cities has received little scholarly attention. In Mega-Projects, Alan Altshuler and David Luberoff analyze the unprecedented wave of large-scale (mega-) public investments that occurred in American cities during the 1950s and 1960s; the social upheavals they triggered, which derailed large numbers of projects during the late 1960s and early 1970s; and the political impulses that have shaped a new generation of urban mega-projects in the decades since. They also appraise the most important consequences of policy shifts over this half-century and draw out common themes from the rich variety of programmatic and project developments that they chronicle. <P>The authors integrate narratives of national as well as state and local policymaking, and of mobilization by (mainly local) project advocates, with a profound examination of how well leading theories of urban politics explain the observed realities. The specific cases they analyze include a wide mix of transportation and downtown revitalization projects, drawn from numerous regions—most notably Boston, Denver, Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Portland, and Seattle. While their original research focuses on highway, airport, and rail transit programs and projects, they draw as well on the work of others to analyze the politics of public investment in urban renewal, downtown retailing, convention centers, and professional sports facilities. <P>In comparing their findings with leading theories of urban and American politics, Altshuler and Luberoff arrive at some surprising findings about which perform best and also reveal some important gaps in the literature as a whole. In a concluding chapter, they examine the potential effects of new fiscal pressures, business mobilization to relax environmental constraints, and security concerns in the wake of September 11. And they make clear their own views about how best to achieve a balance between developmental, environmental, and democratic values in public investment decisionmaking. <P>Integrating fifty years of urban development history with leading theories of urban and American politics, MEGA-PROJECTS provides significant new insights into urban and intergovernmental politics. Mega-Projects: The Changing Politics of Urban Public Investment Alan Altshuler David Luberoff (01 January 2003) 2008-03-11T21:16:34-00:00 2003 Brookings Institution Press planning urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2516651 <i>Global Change & Human Health, Vol. 2, No. 1. (6 July 2001), pp. 34-45.</i><br /><br />Abstract  Urban health is likely to be one of the momentous challenges of the twenty-first century. Ever increasing numbers of people move to urban environments; the failure to adequately link urban planning to public health is described in this paper, and the WHO Healthy Cities Programme initiated in 1986 is presented as a vehicle to redress that problem. This article describes the foundations, scope and purpose of the Healthy Cities Programme with currently more than four thousand participating towns, communities and cities. Healthy Cities are put in a context of other global agency's agendas. Evaluation efforts in Healthy Cities are described for which a proper inquiry perspective is provided. The Healthy City notion is defined and operationalised and an overview is given of various evaluation enterprises. The paper is concluded with a description of the MARI Framework (Monitoring, Accountability, Reporting and Impact Assessment) currently operational in the European Region of WHO. Global and Local (Glocal) Health: The WHO Healthy Cities Programme Evelyne de Leeuw doi:10.1023/A:1011991014805 Global Change & Human Health, Vol. 2, No. 1. (6 July 2001), pp. 34-45. 2008-03-11T21:11:58-00:00 2001 Global Change & Human Health 2 1 34 45 health planning urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2516619 <i>(23 November 2000)</i><br /><br />Aims to refocus urban planners on the implications of their work for human health and well-being. One hundred years ago, the urban planning and public health movements were closely aligned, with pioneering thinkers and philanthropic employers looking to improve living conditions to produce increased health, well-being, quality of life and productivity of the citizens. Today there is a need to revisit these links, to make health objectives central to the urban planning process. If many of the problems faced in cities are to be resolved, improving health will be the fundamental goal of urban planners. Poor housing, poverty, stress, pollution, and lack of access to jobs, goods and services all impact upon health. This book provides practical advice on ways to integrate health and urban planning and will be essential reading for urban planners, developers, urban designers, transport planners, and those working in the fields of regeneration and renewal. It will also be of interest to those with an interest in sustainable development. Healthy Urban Planning Hugh Barton (23 November 2000) 2008-03-11T20:56:59-00:00 2000 Routledge health planning urban http://www.citeulike.org/user/iup/article/2516608 <i>(23 September 1996)</i><br /><br />Urban Planning in Europe > is the first book to comprehensively analyze the influences on urban planning in Europe. Urban planning is undergoing a period of transformation across Europe and the book identifies the international, national and local forces causing this change. It encompasses all countries in western and eastern Europe, providing a comprehensive guide to the planning systems of each country. Urban Planning in Europe Peter Newman (23 September 1996) 2008-03-11T20:54:41-00:00 1996 Routledge competition planning urban