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100 1 $aGolany, Gideon.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50034354
245 10 $aEthics and urban design :$bculture, form, and environment /$cGideon S. Golany.
260 $aNew York :$bJ. Wiley,$c[1995], ©1995.
263 $a9507
300 $axii, 260 pages :$billustrations ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tEthics of Environmental Design --$g2.$tGenesis of the City --$g3.$tEarly Urban Centers: Mesopotamia, Indus Valley, Egypt, and China --$g4.$tComprehensive Design --$g5.$tContemporary Comprehensive Design: The Case of Holland --$g6.$tUrban Design Morphology and Thermal Performance --$g7.$tSoil Thermal Performance and Geospace Design --$g8.$tGeospace City Concept: A Renewal of Ancient Tradition.
520 $aWhat Golany finds in the success stories of the past are cohesive sociocultural values that shaped the design of homes, neighborhoods, and cities. These ethical values helped to maintain an equilibrium within the society that permeated its natural, social, and human-made environments. In the present era, conversely, he finds a major disconnection between human values and the ethics of technology, which has resulted in confusion, imbalance, and dehumanization.
520 8 $aTo help designers gain a perspective on possible solutions, Golany explains leading comprehensive design strategies, including the valley theory, the urban border zone concept, and the regional concept of Patrick Geddes.
520 8 $a"Future Frontiers for Urban Design," the culminating section of this groundbreaking book, opens with Golany's vision of the future city. He examines the issues of thermal performance and climate as they relate to urban design and offers the concept of "geospace" - the earth-enveloped habitat. Buttressing his presentation with detailed information on the mechanics of geospace, Golany describes case studies of the successful use of earth-enveloped habitats in China and Tunisia.
520 8 $aHe makes a powerful argument for the geospace city as a renewal of ancient traditions that can restore the vital equilibrium between nature and human settlements that we seem to have lost.
650 0 $aCity planning$xEnvironmental aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117683
650 0 $aCity planning$xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 $aUrban ecology (Sociology)$xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 $aUrbanization$xEnvironmental aspects$xHistory.
650 0 $aUrbanization$xEnvironmental aspects$vCase studies.
852 00 $boff,war$hHT166$i.G597 1995