Designing Sustainable Cities in the Developing World

Professor Roger Zetter is Deputy Head of the Department of Planning and Director of the Development and Forced Migration Research Unit(dfm) in the School of Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University, UK. Professor Georgia Butina Watson is Head of the Department of Planning in the School of Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University, UK.

Introduction; Chapter 1 Designing Sustainable Cities, Roger Zetter, Georgia Butina Watson; Part 1 Urban Form and Transformation; Chapter 2 Cultural Sustainability and Development: Drukpa and Burman Vernacular Architecture, Regina Mapua Lim; Chapter 3 Rebuilding City Identity through History: The Case of Bethlehem-Palestine, Jane Handal; Chapter 4 Urban Conservation in Mexican Colonial Cities: The Historic Centre of Morelia, Norma E. Rodrigo-Cervantes; Chapter 5 Involving Local Communities in the Conservation and Rehabilitation of Historic Areas in México City: The Case of Coyoacán, Yanet Lezama-Lopez; Chapter 6 Value-led Heritage and Sustainable Development: The Case of Bijapur, India, Anwar Punekar; Chapter 7 Urban Planning and Sustainability in South Africa, Koyi Mchunu; Part 2 Designing People-based Environments; Chapter 8 Urban Reform and Development Regulation: The Case of Belém, Brazil, Jose Julio Lima; Chapter 9 The Impact of Land Subdivision Processes on Residential Layouts in Makkah City, Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Abdullah Edrees; Chapter 10 Sustainable Urban Form: Environment and Climate Responsive Design, >Silvia de Schiller, Ian Bentley, Georgia Butina Watson; Chapter 11 Collaborative Public Open Space Design in Self-help Housing: Minas-Polvorilla, México City, Luis Gabriel Juárez-Galeana; Chapter 12 Community Involvement in Planning and Managing Sustainable Open Space in Mexico, Ana Maria Maldonaldo-Fuse;