Overview
- Offers a unique focus on the Asian urban context in particular with sustainability focus as well as both a comparative and multi-level approach
- Considers policy challenges and recommendations arising from case studies presented in the context of Asia, from China, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Singapore to India and Malaysia
- Provides guidance for planners, policy makers, designers, researchers and academics from across sociology, ecology, economy and policy studies
Part of the book series: Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies (PSAPS)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Part III
Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ali Cheshmehzangi, urbanist and urban designer by profession, is Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China, and Director of Urban Innovation Lab (UIL) and International Network for Urban-Rural Research (INURR). Ali has been the lead partner in China on the ELITH research programme.
Chris Butters has 35 years of experience in several countries as practising architect, author, project manager, lecturer and consultant. Formerly director of Norwegian Architects for Sustainable Development (NABU) and senior consultant at the Ideas Bank Foundation, Chris has more recently been researcher at Warwick University, UK, on the ELITH programme.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Designing Cooler Cities
Book Subtitle: Energy, Cooling and Urban Form: The Asian Perspective
Editors: Ali Cheshmehzangi, Chris Butters
Series Title: Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6638-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-6637-5Published: 14 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4920-1Published: 30 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-6638-2Published: 27 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2662-7922
Series E-ISSN: 2662-7930
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 204
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Studies/Sociology, Development and Sustainability, Urbanism