MEBS6020 Sustainable Building Design

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Sustainable Masterplanning (II)

1. The sustainable city

2. Site planning

3. Site selection and analysis

4. Sustainable landscaping

5. Sustainable transportation

(Powerpoint file in PDF format)

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Video Presentation:

• Guerrilla Geography - Is Hong Kong a sustainable city? (5:05), http://youtu.be/lrKcn_CM4X4
  
• Leveraging the Landscape to Manage Water (4:03), http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/Vid_Watermanagement.html
  
• Designing for Active Living (3:53), http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/Vid_ActiveLiving.html
  
• Greening Paris - Sustainable Transport Award (7:01), http://youtu.be/QmW-jKhRJlI
• Transit Oriented Development (City of Edmonton, Canada) (3:43), http://youtu.be/XYw8XXIMuLM
• More info: http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/news/transit-oriented-development.aspx

Further Reading:

• Sustainable city -- Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_city
• Smart growth -- Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_growth
  
• Designing Our Future: Sustainable Landscapes (American Society of Landscape Architects), www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/
  
• Sustainable transport -- Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_transport
• Transit-oriented development -- Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit-oriented_development
• The “Public Transport-oriented Development” Approach in Hong Kong [PDF]
  

References:

• LaGro, J. A., 2008. Site Analysis: A Contextual Approach to Sustainable Land Planning and Site Design, 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken. [720.28 L179 s]
  
• Moughtin, C., 2005. Urban Design: Green Dimensions, 2nd ed., Elsevier Architectural Press, Amsterdam, Boston and London. [720.47 M92]
• Salat, S. (ed.), 2006. The Sustainable Design Handbook: China: High Environmental Quality Cities and Buildings, CSTB, Cedex, France. [720.470951 S96]
• Yeang, K., 2009. Ecomasterplanning, John Wiley, Chichester, West Sussex. [720.47 Y38]
• Hong Kong Planning Standards & Guidelines, www.pland.gov.hk/pland_en/tech_doc/hkpsg/
• Chapter 8 : Internal Transport Facilities
• Chapter 11 : Urban Design Guidelines
  

Web Links:

• Yuan Ye (The Craft of Gardens), http://history.cultural-china.com/en/37History591.html
  
• Masterplanning Checklist for Sustainable Transport in New Developments

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| Created: Jan 2012 | Update: 20 Aug 2014 | By: cmhui@hku.hk |