Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development Approaches for Achieving Sustainable Urban Form in Asian Cities /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kawakami, Mitsuhiko (Editor), Shen, Zhen-jiang (Editor), Pai, Jen-te (Editor), Gao, Xiao-lu (Editor), Zhang, Ming (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Strategies for Sustainability
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Landscape ecology.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Human geography.; Life Sciences.; Landscape Ecology.; Sustainable Development.; Human Geography.; Environmental Management.
• Physical Description: XXIV, 459 p. 139 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789400759220

This book attempts to provide insights into the achievement of a sustainable urban form, through spatial planning and implementation; here, we focus on planning experiences at the levels of local cities and some metropolitan areas in Asian countries. This book investigates the impact of planning policy on spatial planning implementation, from multidisciplinary viewpoints encompassing land-use patterns, housing development, transportation, green design, and agricultural and ecological systems in the urbanization process. We seek to learn from researchers in an integrated multidisciplinary platform that reflects a variety of perspectives—such as economic development, social equality, and ecological protection—with a view to achieving a sustainable urban form.