Biophilic Cities Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Beatley, Timothy (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2011.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Urban ecology (Biology).; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Urban Ecology.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Interior Architecture.; Urbanism.

Tim Beatley has long been a leader in advocating for the "greening" of cities. But too often, he notes, urban greening efforts focus on everything except nature, emphasizing such elements as public transit, renewable energy production, and energy efficient building systems. While these are...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Foreword
• Chapter 1 The Importance of Nature and Wildness in Our Urban Lives
• Chapter 2 The Nature of (in) Cities
• Chapter 3 Biophilic Cities: What Are They?- Chapter 4 Biophilic Urban Design and Planning
• Chapter 5 New Tools and Institutions to Foster Biophilic Cities
• Chapter 6 Concluding Thoughts: Growing the Biophilic City
• Endnotes
• Bibliography
• Index.