Five Rules for Tomorrow's Cities Design in an Age of Urban Migration, Demographic Change, and a Disappearing /

• Main Author: Condon, Patrick M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Urban geography.; Sustainable architecture.; Landscape architecture.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings.; Landscape Architecture.

"This is a masterpiece of urban thought, offering both an informed analysis of the challenges facing cities and a set of admirably clear and practical proposals for overcoming them. Patrick Condon has drawn on decades of hands-on urban experience to create a handbook that should be on the desk...

Table of Contents:

• Author's Note
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• The Three Waves That Are Changing Cities Forever
• Urban Design Responses to the Three Great Waves
• Rule One: See the City as a System
• Rule Two: Recognize Patterns in Urban Environments
• Rule Three: Apply Lighter, Greener, Smarter Infrastructure
• Rule Four: Strengthen Social Resilience through Affordable Housing Design
• Rule Five: Adapt to Shifts in Jobs, Retail, and Wages
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Index.