This book and the Sustainable Urban Design Framework are discipline defining and a basic reference for future work in sustainable urban design. It’s the first publication that successfully provides a comprehensive framework for sustainable urban design and defines and relates all of the disparate elements that relate to it.
The book provides a concrete and organized List of ‘What to Address’ and ‘Why’ in Sustainable Urban Design.
This book gives users a concrete list of what to address at any given scale of project, why these issues are important, and what to look for in larger and smaller scales to support their aims.
This book translates the lastest research and abstract concepts into Rules of Thumb.
The focus is on translating larger concepts into specific tools that can be readily applied and can inform the design process.
The overall book organization, section organization, ‘Rules of Thumb’, layout, jargon-free writing, and graphics are focused on breaking down complex concepts into accesbile, easy to understand elements.