Blue Biophilic Cities Nature and Resilience Along The Urban Coast /

• Main Author: Beatley, Timothy (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Cities and the Global Politics of the Environment
• Subjects: 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...