Sustainable Futures in the Built Environment to 2050

Book Endorsements

There is much to recommend in this book for those looking for new pathways capable of transforming the built environment by mid‐century and understanding the more innovative roles that the property development and construction industries will need to play in this process. The book is also a far‐sighted manifesto developed by the new School of the Built Environment at Reading, therein constituting a challenge to other university faculties and schools in the field of Built Environment and Design world‐wide to similarly define the strategic agendas for their research and teaching programs.

Professor Peter Newton, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

The scale and breadth in achieving sustainable cities by the middle of this century is huge and will require massive change in the attitude and practice of the construction industry and its professions. Tim Dixon and his co‐authors bring together current thinking across a range of issues relating to what our future cities may look like and what industry is needed to achieve the transition. Some thirty or so contributors deal with the themes of sustainability in the built environment, the changing industry, future viewpoints, and transformative technologies and innovation. In dealing with the uncertainties of the future, this thought‐ provoking book may also help us address the increasing uncertainties of the present. Thoroughly recommended!

Professor Phil Jones, Welsh School ...