Designing Sustainable Cities

The fact that by 2050, 70% of the world’s population will live in cities, the subject of “sustainable urban design” is an important issue for UNESCO’s Cities of Design. Taking into account that urban design can make a significant contribution to positive changes in environmental and social matters, the book presents seven inspirational examples for copying. Included are analyses and measures for the cities of Detroit, Graz, Istanbul, Mexico City, and Puebla, as well as non-location bound projects. The authors of  the publication Designing Sustainable Cities investigate the efficiency of certificates, climate installations for urban spaces, and new ecological, architectural, and sociological concepts for mega-cities. It is a  reader for stakeholders at the interface of social and urban design.

Designing Sustainable Cities is published by Sigrid Bürstmayr, who works and teaches at the FH JOANNEUM–University of Applied Sciences in Graz, Austria and Karl Stocker, a historian and head of the Institute of Design and Communication at the University. Their research approach covers topics from sustainable design, design activism, design theory and society, as well as socio design. They make a great contribution to the question, creative people are discussing everywhere you go: How can we change the world? For some years now the teaching in Graz has increasingly shifted its content-related orientation towards an understanding of Design as a means to improve, repair and save the world. The institution upholds the opinion that the confrontation with societal and social issues cannot take place without considering sustainable design, environment and nature, therefore they summarized their work in a new publication. Designing Sustainable Cities shows manageable approaches to make Urban Spaces better. Moreover it describes concrete and location-independent city projects that are recommended for stimulation and and imitation. Thus, a book was created that wants to attract international interest and also serves as basis for further discussion about current and future Design strategies.

Designing Sustainable Cities

Publisher: Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
Editors: Sigrid Bürstmayr and Karl Stocker
Release first edition: May 18th, 2020
Language: English
Workmanship: Paperback with adhesive binding
Volume: 152 pages
Dimensions: 19.56 × 23.37 cm × 1.78
ISBN-10: 3035621985
Price: 39.95 Euro
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