Biophilic Cities Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning /

• Main Author: Beatley, Timothy (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2011.
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.