Eco-city Planning Policies, Practice and Design
Eco-city planning is a key element of urban land use planning in perspective and of ongoing debate of environmental urban sustainable development with a spatial and practical dimension. The conceptual basis of ecological planning is that we can no longer
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Tai-Chee Wong · Belinda Yuen Editors
Eco-city Planning Policies, Practice and Design
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In Association with the Singapore Institute of Planners
Editors Dr. Tai-Chee Wong Nanyang Technological University National Institute of Education Nanyang Walk 1 637616 Singapore Singapore [email protected]
Dr. Belinda Yuen Singapore Institute of Planners Singapore [email protected]
ISBN 978-94-007-0382-7 e-ISBN 978-94-007-0383-4 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-0383-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011925159 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover illustration: Figure 4.12 from this book Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
Eco-city planning is putting the emphasis on the environmental aspects of planning while sustainable planning treats equally the economic, social and environmental aspects. Eco-city planning and management are based on the principle of a cyclical urban metabolism, minimizing the use of land, energy and materials, and impairment of the natural environment, ultimately leading to zero carbon settlements. This principle is illustrated by Hammarby Sjöstad (Stockholm)1 , as indicated by the editors in their book’s introductory chapter (see Brebbia et al. 2010).2 The book starts with a historic account of eco-city planning. Seven thousand years of urban civilization and planning history have clearly more to tell us than a century of functionalist planning, which leaves a questionable legacy of economic, social as well as eco-city planning. The division of the book into three parts allows an encompassing coverage of the main components of eco-city planning according to the scale of observation: macro-level policies issues, practice and implementation experiences, and microlevel sustainable design. It is indeed the scale of observation that determines the observed phenomena from diversified perspectives. The geographic coverage is truly worldwide, with cases from all continents, both in industrialised countries and developing countries. Both positive and less positive examples are described in each level of observation. Regional observation is applied to places such as Malaysia (Iskandar). Urban observation is ranging from the emblematic Curitiba city taken as a whole (land use and transport) down to Nairobi (Umoja Neighbourhood) and to Istanbul (Büyükdere Avenue). Micro level observation includes the indoor ambient air quality, analyzing the effects of air conditioning. At this point, the work of Belinda Yuen about perception of high-rise living by Singapore inhabitants comes
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