Blue Biophilic Cities Nature and Resilience Along The Urban Coast /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Beatley, Timothy (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Cities and the Global Politics of the Environment
• Θέματα: Environment.; Environmental geography.; Coasts.; Urban geography.; Sociology, Urban.; Environment Studies.; Environmental Geography.; Coastal Sciences.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Urban Studies/Sociology.

There is a growing recognition of the contact we need with nature to be happy, healthy and to lead meaningful lives. We need that nature daily, if not hourly, and so it must be nearby to where we live and work. This is central to the concept of 'biophilic cities' which is emerging as a glo...

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• 3. Unsustainable Bounties for the Blue: Cities to the Rescue?
• 4. Making the Marine World Visible - Fostering Emotional Connections to the Sea
• 5. Reimagining the Blue Edge
• 6. Just Blue (and Biophilic) Cities
• 7. Conclusions and Trajectories: Final Reflection on Blue, Biophilic Urbanism.