Sustainable Olympic Design and Urban Development (PDF)
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- Synopsis
- This book explains how a modern Olympic Games can successfully develop a more sustainable design approach by learning from the lessons of the past and by taking account of the latest developments. The text focuses at two levels: one is at the strategic planning level of whether and how Olympic intervention can transform the host city into a more sustainable urban form; the other is on the measures applicable to individual Olympic projects which can be taken to reduce the resource usage and lower the environmental impacts during their procurement and maintenance. It offers an assessment tool that can be tailored to individual circumstance – a tool which emerges from the analysis of previous Summer Games’ host cities and from techniques in environmental analysis and assessment. The work demonstrates that with appropriate planning and design, Olympic urban development has the potential to leave positive environmental legacies to the host city and contribute to environmental sustainability. The environmental performance and effects of Olympic schemes can be judged, and hence improved, by applying appropriate evaluation systems to them. By these means, ‘green’ Olympic development can be pursued in a more meaningful and controllable way.
- Copyright:
- 2009
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- ISBN-13:
- 9780415467629
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780415467612
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Date of Addition:
- 03/12/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Adrian Pitts, Hanwen Liao
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Sports, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Taylor and Francis VIP Team
- Proofread By:
- Taylor and Francis VIP Team
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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