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oapen-20.500.12657-505402022-01-17T10:15:55Z Urban Blue Spaces Bell, Simon Fleming, Lora E. Grellier, James Kuhlmann, Friedrich Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. White, Mathew P. Blue space Coastal management Coastal planning EU Horizon 2020 Landscape planning Planning Public Public health Resilient cities Seascapes Sustainability Sustainable design Urban design Well-being bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AM Architecture::AMV Landscape art & architecture::AMVD City & town planning - architectural aspects bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AM Architecture::AMD Architecture: professional practice bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AM Architecture::AMC Architectural structure & design::AMCR Environmentally-friendly architecture & design bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology This book presents an evidence-based approach to landscape planning and design for urban blue spaces that maximises the benefits to human health and well-being while minimising the risks. Based on applied research and evidence from primary and secondary data sources stemming from the EU-funded BlueHealth project, the book presents nature-based solutions to promote sustainable and resilient cities. Numerous cities around the world are located alongside bodies of water in the form of coastlines, lakes, rivers and canals, but the relationship between city inhabitants and these water sources has often been ambivalent. In many cities, water has been polluted, engineered or ignored completely. But, due to an increasing awareness of the strong connections between city, people, nature and water and health, this paradigm is shifting. The international editorial team, consisting of researchers and professionals across several disciplines, leads the reader through theoretical aspects, evidence, illustrated case studies, risk assessment and a series of validated tools to aid planning and design before finishing with overarching planning and design principles for a range of blue-space types. Over 200 full-colour illustrations accompany the case-study examples from geographic locations all over the world, including Portugal, the United Kingdom, China, Canada, the US, South Korea, Singapore, Norway and Estonia. With green and blue infrastructure now at the forefront of current policies and trends to promote healthy, sustainable cities, Urban Blue Spaces is a must-have for professionals and students in landscape planning, urban design and environmental design. Open Access for the book was funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 666773 2021-09-03T15:23:19Z 2021-09-03T15:23:19Z 2022 book ONIX_20210903_9780429508486_2 9780429508486 9780367173180 9780429056161 9780367173173 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50540 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9780429508486.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9780429056161 10.4324/9780429056161 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb H2020 Health 9780429508486 9780367173180 9780429056161 9780367173173 Routledge 506 666773 BlueHealth open access
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This book presents an evidence-based approach to landscape planning and design for urban blue spaces that maximises the benefits to human health and well-being while minimising the risks. Based on applied research and evidence from primary and secondary data sources stemming from the EU-funded BlueHealth project, the book presents nature-based solutions to promote sustainable and resilient cities. Numerous cities around the world are located alongside bodies of water in the form of coastlines, lakes, rivers and canals, but the relationship between city inhabitants and these water sources has often been ambivalent. In many cities, water has been polluted, engineered or ignored completely. But, due to an increasing awareness of the strong connections between city, people, nature and water and health, this paradigm is shifting. The international editorial team, consisting of researchers and professionals across several disciplines, leads the reader through theoretical aspects, evidence, illustrated case studies, risk assessment and a series of validated tools to aid planning and design before finishing with overarching planning and design principles for a range of blue-space types. Over 200 full-colour illustrations accompany the case-study examples from geographic locations all over the world, including Portugal, the United Kingdom, China, Canada, the US, South Korea, Singapore, Norway and Estonia. With green and blue infrastructure now at the forefront of current policies and trends to promote healthy, sustainable cities, Urban Blue Spaces is a must-have for professionals and students in landscape planning, urban design and environmental design. Open Access for the book was funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 666773
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