Handbook of biophilic city planning and design /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beatley, Timothy, 1957- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2016]
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-278) and index. 
505 0 |a Part 1: The background and theory of biophilic cities. -- Chapter 1. The power of urban nature : the essential benefits of biophilic urbanism -- Chapter 2. Understanding the nature of biophilic cities -- Chapter 3. The urban nature diet : the many ways that nature enhances urban life -- Chapter 4. Biophilic cities and urban resilience -- Part 2: Creating biophilic cities : emerging global practice. -- Chapter 5. Singapore City, Singapore : city in a garden -- Chapter 6. Milwaukee, Wisconsin : from cream city to green city -- Chapter 7. Wellington, New Zealand : from town belt to blue belt -- Chapter 8. Birmingham, United Kingdom : health, nature, and urban economy -- Chapter 9. Portland, Oregon : green streets in a river city -- Chapter 10. San Francisco, California : biophilic city by the bay -- Chapter 11. Oslo, Norway : a city of fjords and forests -- Chapter 12. Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain : nature in the compact city -- Part 3: A global survey of innovative practice and projects. -- I. Biophilic plans and codes -- II. Citizen science and community engagement -- III. Biophilic architecture and design -- IV. Restoring and reintroducing nature into the city -- V. Other biophilic urban strategies -- Part 4: Successes and future directions. -- Chapter 13. Lessons from the world's emerging biophilic cities -- Chapter 14. Overcoming the obstacles and challenges that remain -- Chapter 15. Conclusions : reimagining cities of the future. 
588 |a Description based on print version record. 
590 |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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