Schröpfer, Thomas.

Dense and Green Building Typologies Research, Policy and Practice Perspectives / [electronic resource] : by Thomas Schröpfer, Sacha Menz. - 1st ed. 2019. - XIX, 119 p. 106 illus., 100 illus. in color. online resource. - SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology, 2199-5818 . - SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology, .

Introduction -- Creating Liveable Density through a Synthesis of Planning, Design and Greenery -- Building a City in Nature -- From Garden City to City in a Garden and Beyond -- Greenery in Commercial Buildings – Enhancing Returns for Investors? -- Green Buildings and the Homebuyers -- Emulating Ecosystems Ability to Provide Ecosystem Services in the Built Environment -- Biophilic Architecture to Biophilic Cities -- Prototypology and the 21st Century City -- The Role of Ecosystem Services in Making Cities Sustainable -- RGB: Red Blue Green Model as the “Lightness” of Being -- Taking Urban Greening to a Higher Level -- MPKL’s Investigation -- Punggol Waterway Terraces -- Green Architecture: Landscape Topology and Context.

In this book, academics, policy makers, developers, architects and landscape architects provide a systematic review of the environmental, social, economic and design benefits of dense and green building types in high-density urban contexts and discuss how these can support higher population densities, higher standards of environmental sustainability and enhanced live ability in future cities.

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Sustainable architecture.
Human geography.
Buildings—Design and construction.
Sustainability.
Computer-aided engineering.
Building materials.
Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings.
Human Geography.
Building Construction and Design.
Sustainability.
Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.
Structural Materials.

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