Urban Ecological Design A Process for Regenerative Places /

• Main Authors: Palazzo, Danilo (Author), Steiner, Frederick (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2012.
• Subjects: Environment.; Architecture.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Design.; Urban ecology (Biology).; Environmental management.; Environmental Management.; Urbanism.; Cities, Countries, Regions.; Design, general.; Urban Ecology.

Urban Ecological Design presents an interdisciplinary method of transforming urban spaces that considers issues of ecology and sustainability alongside urban form. Rather than offer a prescriptive approach, the authors describe a “process model” that has been developed and tested over time. They ill...

Table of Contents:

• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Introduction
• 1. Processes
• 2. Prerequisites
• 3. Knowledge
• 4. Synthesis
• 5. Options
• 6. Dialogues
• 7. Master Plan
• 8. Presentation
• 9. Details
• 10. Implementation
• 11. Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index.