Do sustainability measures constrain urban design creativity?

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 30-41

  Leach, Joanne M ^a   Boyko, Christopher T ^b   Cooper, Rachel ^b   Woodeson, Anna ^c   Eyre, Jim ^c   Rogers, Christopher D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Transworld House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design methods aids; Structures design; Town and city planning

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

BUILDING SCALE; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; DESIGN ELEMENTS; DESIGN METHOD; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DESIGNERS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DESIGN METHOD; INNOVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN SOCIETY;

IXODIDA;

EID: 84924405828     PISSN: 17550793     EISSN: 17550807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/udap.13.00034     Document Type: Article

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