Designing Sustainable Cities, 1st ed. 2020 Contemporary Urban Design Thinking Series

This book emphasizes new ways of designing for a sustainable city and urban environment. From several angles the future of our urbanism is illuminated. From a philosophical point of view, the city is seen as an organism, following complex ecosystemic principles, shining light on indigenous perspectives to become beneficial for sustainable design and core questions are asked whether current architectural practice is really sustainable. Simultaneously concrete practices are presented for cities in transformation, focusing on green infrastructure, smart city principles and health.

Chapter 1 Designing the Sustainable City.- Chapter 2 The Role of Indigenous Paradigms and Traditional Knowledge Systems in Modern Humanity’s Sustainability Quest – Future foundations from past knowledge.- Chapter 3 Born, not made: designing the productive city.- Chapter 4 A new model for place development – bringing together regenerative and placemaking processes.- Chapter 5 The key role of systems thinking in sustainable architecture.- Chapter 6 Liveable Green Cities; integrating climate adaptive solutions and circular economy into the built environment.- Chapter 7 Post-earthquake recovery in Nepal: A study and analysis of post disaster perception and needs for housing recovery after 2015 earthquake.- Chapter 8 Tackling urban open space encroachment in a South African township: an exploratory study.- Chapter 9 The role of smart city initiatives in driving partnerships: A case study of theSmart Social Spaces Project, Sydney Australia.- Chapter 10 Fostering successful smart campus transitions through consensus-building: a university of technology case study.- Chapter 11 The role of landscape architectural designers in landscape construction health and safety.- Chapter 12 Sustainability, ReciproCity, Radicality.- Index

Prof. dr. ir. Rob Roggema is currently Professor of Sustainable Urban Environments. He is a Landscape Architect and an internationally renowned design-expert on sustainable urbanism, climate adaptation, energy landscapes and urban agriculture. He has previously held positions at universities in the Netherlands and Australia, State and Municipal governments and design consultancies. Rob developed the Swarm Planning concept, a dynamic way of planning the city for future adaptation to climate change impacts.

Rob has designed and led over 30 design charrettes around the world, involving communities, academics, governments and industries in design processes for more resilient communities. He has written three books on climate adaptation and design, four on Urban Agriculture, and one each about design charrettes, Rio’s FoodRoofs and Design for Recovery in Japan.