Building Cities to LAST

<p><em>Building Cities to LAST</em> presents the myriad issues of sustainable urbanism in a clear and concise system and supports holistic thinking about sustainable development in urban environments by providing four broad measures of urban sustainability that differ radically from other less long-lived patterns: these are Lifecycle Aesthetics Scale and Technology (LAST). This framework for understanding the relationship between these four measures and the essential types of infrastructure-grouped according to the basic human needs of Food Shelter Mobility and Water-is laid out in a simple and easy-to-understand format. These broad measures and infrastructures address the city as a whole and as a recognizable pattern of human activity and in turn increase the ability of cities-and the human race-to LAST. This book will find wide readership particularly among students and young practitioners in architecture urban planning and landscape architecture.</p>