Planning Cities with Nature
Theories, Strategies and Methods
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Beschreibung
This book explores novel theories, strategies and methods for re-naturing cities. It enables readers to learn from best practice and advances the current theoretical and empirical understanding in the field. The book also offers valuable insights into how planners and policymakers can apply this knowledge to their own cities and regions, exploring top-down, bottom-up and mixed mechanisms for the systemic re-naturing of planned and existing cities.
There is considerable interest in ‘naturalising’ cities, since it can help address multiple global societal challenges and generate various benefits, such as the enhancement of health and well-being, sustainable urbanisation, ecosystems and their services, and resilience to climate change. This can also translate into tangible economic benefits in terms of preventing health hazards, positively affecting health-related expenditure, new job opportunities (i.e. urban farming) and the regeneration of urban areas.There is, thus, a compelling case to investigate integrative approaches to urban and natural systems that can help cities address the social, economic and environmental needs of a growing population. How can we plan with nature? What are the models and approaches that can be used to develop more sustainable cities that provide high-quality urban green spaces?
This book explores novel theories, strategies and methods for re-naturing cities. It enables readers to learn from best practice and advances the current theoretical and empirical understanding in the field. The book also offers valuable insights into how planners and policymakers can apply this knowledge to their own cities and regions, exploring top-down, bottom-up and mixed mechanisms for the systemic re-naturing of planned and existing cities.
There is considerable interest in ‘naturalising’ cities, since it can help address multiple global societal challenges and generate various benefits, such as the enhancement of health and well-being, sustainable urbanisation, ecosystems and their services, and resilience to climate change. This can also translate into tangible economic benefits in terms of preventing health hazards, positively affecting health-related expenditure, new job opportunities (i.e. urban farming) and the regeneration of urban areas.There is, thus, a compelling case to investigate integrative approaches to urban and natural systems that can help cities address the social, economic and environmental needs of a growing population. How can we plan with nature? What are the models and approaches that can be used to develop more sustainable cities that provide high-quality urban green spaces?
Provides key concepts for planning cities in balance with nature that will not only shape further research, but also benefit planning and urban design professionals and public departments Brings together key experts from a range of disciplines to focus on this topic Includes examples from developed and developing countries alike, providing a comprehensive panorama on the topic
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Fabiano Lemes de Oliveira
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Sustainable Cities Green Urbanism Ecological Urbanism Green Cities Blue Cities Green Roofs Re-naturing Cities naturalizing cities urban geography and urbanism
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“The book will be most useful to students and educators who wish to advance training about, and advocacy of, green planning rubrics. This book would be a very useful source in urban planning and urban design studios, both for the variety of frameworks it presents, and for the number of cases discussed in detail. The book can also alert planners in cities and regions of rich new ways to think about and integrate green spaces and functions in their work.” (Steward Pickett, Buildings & Cities, buildingsandcities.org, September 7, 2020)
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