Greening Cities Forms and Functions /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tan, Puay Yok (Editor), Jim, Chi Yung (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements,
• Subjects: Geography.; Climate change.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Physical geography.; Architecture.; Sustainable development.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Cities, Countries, Regions.; Sustainable Development.; Physical Geography.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.

This book offers an overview of recent scientific and professional literature on urban greening and urban ecology, focusing on diverse disciplines such as landscape architecture, geography, urban ecology, urban climatology, biodiversity conservation, urban governance, architecture and urban hydrolog...

Table of Contents:

• From the Contents: Introduction
• Urban greenery and urban ecosystems - greening of cities through an ecological lens
• Evolving paradigms in the history of greening cities
• Urban greenery as multi-functional green infrastructure
• High-rise greening - greening the city through its buildings.