Publisher's Synopsis
The concept of multi-purpose centres has triggered a widening demand for mixed-use provision that accommodates such diverse needs as those of hotels, offices, parks, retail business, conventions, apartments, and sports. From the viewpoint of local cultural, leisure and commercial interests this typology is socially important and potentially enhancing. With the added responsibility of providing a model of eco-efficiency such high-consumption projects can also be instrumental in leading the way to a green transformation of an entire city. This book considers such developments and points to some of the actual and possible results.
