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Infrastructure sustainability and design / edited by Spiro Pollalis ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Pollalis, Spiro N, 1954-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2012Description: 350 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.ISBN: 9780415893169 .Subject(s): City planning -- Environmental aspects | Urban ecology (Sociology) | Sustainable development | Ecological engineeringDDC classification: 711.12
Contents:
Introduction: sustainability - a broad perspective /Spiro Pollalis and Daniel Schodek -- Climate change and infrastructure /Richard John -- Resource allocation /Gregory Norris -- Infrastructure and nature: reciprocal effects and patterns for our future /Richard T.T. Forman -- Quality of life /Anthony Kane -- Sustainable wellness: the convergence of social and ecological well-being /Alexios Monolpolis -- Water infrastructure and sustainablity /Tom A. Pedersen -- The evolution of urban water and energy infrastructure systems /John Norton Jr. -- Sustainability aspects of large-scale wind power development /George C. Kendrick -- Sustainable solid waste infrastructure /Mike W. McLaughlin and Lisa K. McDaniel -- Sustainable transportation infrastructure /Susannah Kerr Adler ... [et al.] -- Transportation: aviation/airports /James S. Grant ... [et al.] -- Sustainability in ports, freight, and logistics /Erin Hyland and Joe Bryan -- Ecological infrastructure /Christopher Benosky and Shaun O'Rourke -- Issues in assessing urban infrastructures /The Zofnass Program Team -- Current environmental evaluation approaches /The Zofnass Program Team -- The Zofnass rating system for infrastructure sustainability and decision making /Andreas Georgoulias and Jill Allen -- Economic assessments of the value of sustainability /John Williams, Stephane Larocque and Lidia Berger -- Sustainable cities: oxymoron or the shape of the future? /Annissa Alusi ... [et al.] -- Intelligent infrastructures /Dimitris Papanikolaou -- Landscape infrastructure: urbanism beyond engineering /Pierre Beĺanger -- Shaping the built environment and infrastructure to improve our quality of life /Bill Valentine -- Why ecological urbanism? Why now? /Mohsen Mostafavi.
Summary: You're overseeing a large-scale project, but you're not an engineering or construction specialist, and so you need an overview of the related sustainability concerns and processes. To introduce you to the main issues, experts from the fields of engineering, planning, public health, environmental design, architecture, and landscape architecture review current sustainable large-scale projects, the roles team members hold, and design approaches, including alternative development and financing structures. They also discuss the challenges and opportunities of sustainability within infrastructural systems, such as those for energy, water, and waste, so that you know what's possible. And best of all, they present here for the first time the Zofnass Environmental Evaluation Methodology guidelines, which will help you and your team improve infrastructure design, engineering, and construction.
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You're overseeing a large-scale project, but you're not an engineering or construction specialist, and so you need an overview of the related sustainability concerns and processes. To introduce you to the main issues, experts from the fields of engineering, planning, public health, environmental design, architecture, and landscape architecture review current sustainable large-scale projects, the roles team members hold, and design approaches, including alternative development and financing structures. They also discuss the challenges and opportunities of sustainability within infrastructural systems, such as those for energy, water, and waste, so that you know what's possible. And best of all, they present here for the first time the Zofnass Environmental Evaluation Methodology guidelines, which will help you and your team improve infrastructure design, engineering, and construction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: sustainability - a broad perspective /Spiro Pollalis and Daniel Schodek -- Climate change and infrastructure /Richard John -- Resource allocation /Gregory Norris -- Infrastructure and nature: reciprocal effects and patterns for our future /Richard T.T. Forman -- Quality of life /Anthony Kane -- Sustainable wellness: the convergence of social and ecological well-being /Alexios Monolpolis -- Water infrastructure and sustainablity /Tom A. Pedersen -- The evolution of urban water and energy infrastructure systems /John Norton Jr. -- Sustainability aspects of large-scale wind power development /George C. Kendrick -- Sustainable solid waste infrastructure /Mike W. McLaughlin and Lisa K. McDaniel -- Sustainable transportation infrastructure /Susannah Kerr Adler ... [et al.] -- Transportation: aviation/airports /James S. Grant ... [et al.] -- Sustainability in ports, freight, and logistics /Erin Hyland and Joe Bryan -- Ecological infrastructure /Christopher Benosky and Shaun O'Rourke -- Issues in assessing urban infrastructures /The Zofnass Program Team -- Current environmental evaluation approaches /The Zofnass Program Team -- The Zofnass rating system for infrastructure sustainability and decision making /Andreas Georgoulias and Jill Allen -- Economic assessments of the value of sustainability /John Williams, Stephane Larocque and Lidia Berger -- Sustainable cities: oxymoron or the shape of the future? /Annissa Alusi ... [et al.] -- Intelligent infrastructures /Dimitris Papanikolaou -- Landscape infrastructure: urbanism beyond engineering /Pierre Beĺanger -- Shaping the built environment and infrastructure to improve our quality of life /Bill Valentine -- Why ecological urbanism? Why now? /Mohsen Mostafavi.

You're overseeing a large-scale project, but you're not an engineering or construction specialist, and so you need an overview of the related sustainability concerns and processes. To introduce you to the main issues, experts from the fields of engineering, planning, public health, environmental design, architecture, and landscape architecture review current sustainable large-scale projects, the roles team members hold, and design approaches, including alternative development and financing structures. They also discuss the challenges and opportunities of sustainability within infrastructural systems, such as those for energy, water, and waste, so that you know what's possible. And best of all, they present here for the first time the Zofnass Environmental Evaluation Methodology guidelines, which will help you and your team improve infrastructure design, engineering, and construction.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword
  • Introduction: Sustainability: A Broad Perspective
  • Part 1 Dimensions of Sustainability
  • 1 Climate Change and Infrastructure
  • 2 Resource Allocation
  • 3 Infrastructure and Nature: Reciprocal Effects and Patterns for our Future
  • 4 Quality of Life
  • 5 Sustainable Wellness: The Convergence of Social and Ecological Wellbeing
  • Part 2 Sustainable Practices in Infrastructure Systems
  • 6 Water Infrastructure and Sustainability Systems
  • 7 The Evolution of Urban Water and Energy Infrastructure Systems
  • 8 Sustainability Aspects of Large-Scale Wind Power Development
  • 9 Sustainable Solid Waste Infrastructure
  • 10 Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure
  • 11 Transportation: Aviation/Airports
  • 12 Sustainability in Ports, Freights and Logistics
  • 13 Ecological Infrastructure
  • Part 3 Assessing Urban Infrastructures
  • 14 Issues in Assessing Urban Infrastructures
  • 15 Current Environmental Evaluation Approaches
  • 16 The Zofnass Rating System for Infrastructure Sustainability and Decision-Making
  • 17 Economic Assessments of the Value of Sustainability
  • Part 4 Design and Planning for Infrastructure Sustainability
  • 18 Sustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future?
  • 19 Intelligent Infrastructures
  • 20 Landscape Infrastructure: Urbanism Beyond Engineering
  • 21 Shaping the Built Environment and Infrastructure to Improve our Quality of Life
  • 22 Why Ecological Urbanism? Why Now?

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Spiro N. Pollalis is Professor of Design, Technology and Management at the Harvard Design School, practices as urban planner, and is the Chairman of the public company for the redevelopment of the site of the old Athens Airport in Greece.

Andreas Georgoulias is Lecturer at the Harvard Design School, where he teaches and researches sustainable development.

Stephen J. Ramos is an Assistant Professor in the College of Environment and Design at the University of Georgia.

Daniel L. Schodek is the Kumagai Research Professor of Architectural Technology at the Harvard Design School, where he taught from 1969 until 2008.