Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

by Beadle,Lynn

• ISBN13: 9780415232418
• ISBN10: 0415232414
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781134572496
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-14
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

In this new millennium, given the continued expansion of technology, materials science and telecommunication coupled with development of social and geo political systems, we can expect the design and shape of our urban environment to change enormously. This two-volume set, the result of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat 6th World Congress: Cities in the Third Millennium, examines the issues which must be addressed if we are to have a common understanding of the forces of change. Experts in architecture, engineering and planning contribute a commentary on the existing condition of urban design, sociology and tall buildings, and expand the boundaries of new construction and engineering technology. These in-depth proceedings, bringing together the world's leading decision makers in urban development, will be essential reading for engineers, architects, planners and others involved with shaping the urban environment of the future.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xix
Preface	xxi
URBAN SYSTEMS
Recent Infrastructure Developments in Hong Kong - the Background, Current and Future Developments	1	(28)
Raymond W. M. Wong
Transportation in the Built Environment: Cities in the Third Millennia	29	(30)
Robert Prieto
Social Infrastructure in Tall Buildings: A Tale of Two Towers	59	(16)
Carolyn Whitzman
Sustainability and Cities: The Role of Tall Buildings in this New Global Agenda	75	(36)
Peter Newman
Shaping the Future of Human Settlements: Globalisation, and the Leadership and Management of Change	111	(20)
Peter Ellyard
The Sustainable Tall Building of the Third Millennium	131	(12)
Harry Blutsein
Allan Rodger
Sustainable Cities	143	(16)
Patrick Troy
Cities in the Third Millennium	159	(20)
Josef Konvitz
New Towns in Hong Kong: Planning for the Next Generation	179	(12)
Pun Chung Chan
Birmingham: Inventing a New Life for the 21st Century	191	(12)
Rod Duncan
Tall Buildings in Melbourne: Challenging Policy Frameworks	203	(12)
Lyndsay Neilson
A Third Millennium City Prototype - Melbourne Docklands	215	(6)
John Tabart
Is There an Afterlife for the New Asian City?	221	(16)
Stuart Brogan
The Role of Accessibility for the Success of City Centres	237	(12)
Rolf Monheim
DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
The Cyber Cities of Malaysia: Realising the Vision	249	(20)
Azman bin Haji Awang
Cities Spanning the Millennia: Cairo/Alexandria	269	(22)
Abdalla Abdelaziz Attia
The Creative City: Harnessing the Imagination of Urban Decision Makers	291	(6)
Charles Landry
Emerging Trends in Retail and Entertainment Developments	297	(14)
Ro Shroff
Existing Urban Conditions	311	(12)
Irene Wiese-v. Ofen
PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE
Co-existing with the Past City - Building in Historical Places	323	(4)
Jong Soung Kimm
High Rise-High Density	327	(16)
Richard Keating
The Future of High-Rise Buildings	343	(22)
George Schipporeit
Social/Community Impacts and Implications	365	(14)
P. Jerome
In Search for a Local Image in the Arab City: The Case of Kuwait City	379	(14)
Omar Khattab
Tall Building Design Innovations in Australia	393	(10)
Brian Dean
Owen Martin
David Emery
Peter Chancellor
The Emirates Towers	403	(10)
Hazel W. S. Wong
Two Towers	413	(4)
Phil Castillo
The Citigroup Centre at No. 2 Park Street, Syndney	417	(8)
Mike Haysler
Robert Facioni
Liberating Urban Architecture (The Merging of the Virtual and the Real)	425	(24)
Peter Pran
Aurora Place Commercial Office Tower - 88 Phillip Street, Sydney	449	(26)
Rocco Bressi
BUILDING SYSTEMS AND CONCEPTS
Integrated Engineering	475	(6)
Duncan Michael
Structural Innovation	481	(14)
William F. Baker
Progress in Construction Robotics in the U.S.A.	495	(20)
Miroslaw J. Skibniewski
Kidney Stones and The Structural Design of Tall Buildings	515	(6)
Gary C. Hart
Structural Standards Globalization - An Asia Pacific Perspective	521	(6)
L. K. Stevens
Greening Office Towers	527	(4)
Christoph Igenhoven
BUILDING SERVICES SYSTEMS
The Urban Habitat After Globalization: Cities in the Age of Climate Change and Fossil Fuel Depletion	531	(28)
P. Droege
Energy-Efficient Elevators for Tall Buildings	559	(16)
Harri Hakala
Marja-Liisa Siikonen
Tapio Tyni
Jari Ylinen
Limits on Energy Efficiency in Office Buildings	575	(8)
Mahadev Raman
An Integrated Design Approach to the Environmental Performance of Buildings	583	(20)
M. Colomban
M. Zobec
M. Kragh
DESIGN CRITERIA AND LOADS
Practical Solution to Reduce the Wind-Induced Response of Tall Buildings	603	(16)
R. J. McNamara
Performance Code Requirements in the Tall Building Environment	619	(16)
Robert E. Solomon
Brian Hagglund
Analysis and Model Techniques for Determining Dynamic Behaviour of Civil Structures with Various Damping Systems	635	(10)
B. Breukelman
T. Haskett
S. Gamble
P. Irwin
Recent Applications of Damping Systems for Wind Response	645	(12)
Peter A. Irwin
Brian Breukelman
Geologic and Seismic Hazards in the Urban Habitat	657	(10)
Marshall Lew
Farzad Naeim
Built Environment Hazards in the Urban Habitat	667	(6)
Farzad Naeim
Marshall Lew
New CTBUH Monograph on Building Motion, Perception and Mitigation	673	(8)
N. Isyumov
T. Tschanz
Aerodynamic Solutions to Minimize the Wind-Induced Dynamic Response of Tall Buildings	681	(10)
W. H. Melbourne
J. C. K. Cheung
The Behaviour of Simple Non-Linear Tuned Mass Dampers	691	(10)
Barry J. Vickery
Jon K. Galsworthy
Rafik Gerges
Earthquakes and Tall Buildings - a Review	701	(18)
Graham L. Hutchinson
Nelson T. K. Lam
John L. Wilson
TALL CONCRETE AND MASONRY BUILDINGS
The Tallest Concrete Building in Shanghai, China - Plaza 66	719	(10)
Richard L. Tomasetti
Dennis C. K. Poon
Ling-en Hsaio
COUNTRY REPORTS
A Report on Africa	729	(2)
Isaac G. Wanjohi
Asia Report	731	(4)
Raymond Bates
A Report on Oceania	735	(4)
Henry J. Cowan
Contributors	739	(2)
Units	741	(4)
Building Index	745	(4)
Name Index	749	(4)
Subject Index	753