Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat: Cities in the Third Millennium

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat v
• Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat vi
• Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat vii
• Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat x
• Contents xiii
• Foreword xix
• Preface xxi
• Recent Infrastructure Developments in Hong Kong - the Background, Current and Future Developments 1
• Transportation in the Built Environment: Cities in the Third Millennia 29
• References 57
• Social Infrastructure in Tall Buildings: A Tale of Two Towers 59
• 5 References 72
• Sustainability and Cities: the Role of Tall Buildings in This New Global Agenda 75
• References 105
• Shaping the Future of Human Settlements: Globalisation, and the Leadership and Management of Change 111
• The Sustainable Tall Building of the Third Millennium 131
• Sustainable Cities 143
• References 157
• Cities in the Third Millennium 159
• References 176
• New Towns in Hong Kong: Planning for the Next Generation 179
• Birmingham: Inventing a New Life for the 21st Century 191
• Tall Buildings in Melbourne: Challenging Policy Frameworks 203
• A Third Millennium City Prototype - Melbourne Docklands 215
• Is There an Afterlife for the New Asian City? 221
• The Role of Accessibility for the Success of City Centres 237
• The Cyber Cities of Malaysia: Realising the Vision 249
• Notes 265
• Cities Spanning the Millennia: Cairo/Alexandria 269
• References 289
• The Creative City: Harnessing the Imagination of Urban Decision Makers 291
• Emerging Trends in Retail and Entertainment Developments 297
• Existing Urban Conditions 311
• Co-Existing with the Past City - Building in Historical Places 323
• High Rise-High Density 327
• The Future of High-Rise Buildings 343
• Social/Community Impacts and Implications 365
• In Search for a Local Image in the Arab City: the Case of Kuwait City 379
• 1.5 References 392
• Tall Building Design Innovations in Australia 393
• The Emirates Towers 403
• Two Towers 413
• The Citigroup Centre at No. 2 Park Street, Sydney 417
• Liberating Urban Architecture (The Merging of the Virtual and the Real) 425
• Aurora Place Commercial Office Tower - 88 Phillip Street, Sydney 449
• Integrated Engineering 475
• Structural Innovation 481
• Progress in Construction Robotics in the U.S.A. 495
• References 513
• Kidney Stones and the Structural Design of Tall Buildings 515
• Structural Standards Globalization - an Asia Pacific Perspective 521
• Greening Office Towers 527
• The Urban Habitat After Globalization: Cities in the Age of Climate Change and Fossil Fuel Depletion 531
• Glossary 554
• Energy-Efficient Elevators for Tall Buildings 559
• Limits on Energy Efficiency in Office Buildings 575
• An Integrated Design Approach to the Environmental Performance of Buildings 583
• Practical Solution to Reduce the Wind-Induced Response of Tall Buildings 603
• Performance Code Requirements in the Tall Building Environment 619
• Analysis and Model Techniques for Determining Dynamic Behaviour of Civil Structures with Various Damping Systems 635
• References 644
• Recent Applications of Damping Systems for Wind Response 645
• References 655
• Geologic and Seismic Hazards in the Urban Habitat 657
• Built Environment Hazards in the Urban Habitat 667
• New Ctbuh Monograph on Building Motion, Perception and Mitigation 673
• Aerodynamic Solutions to Minimize the Wind-Induced Dynamic Response of Tall Buildings 681
• The Behaviour of Simple Non-Linear Tuned Mass Dampers 691
• Earthquakes and Tall Buildings - a Review 701
• The Tallest Concrete Building in Shanghai, China - Plaza 66 719
• A Report on Africa 729
• Asia Report 731
• A Report on Oceania 735
• Units 741
• Abbreviations for Units 743
• Building Index 745
• Name Index 749
• Subject Index 753