Handbook of biophilic city planning and design / Timothy Beatley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beatley, Timothy, 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Environmental aspects.

City planning.

Sustainable development.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

xx, 289 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Island Press, [2016]

Contents:

Part 1 The Background and Theory of Biophilic Cities 1

Chapter 1 The Power of Urban Nature: The Essential Benefits of Biophilic Urbanism 3

Chapter 2 Understanding the Nature of Biophilic Cities 13

Chapter 3 The Urban Nature Diet: The Many Ways That Nature Enhances Urban Life 33

Chapter 4 Biophilic Cities and Urban Resilience 41

Part 2 Creating Biophilic Cities: Emerging Global Practice 49

Chapter 5 Singapore City, Singapore- City in a Garden 51

Chapter 6 Milwaukee, Wisconsin: From Cream City to Green City 67

Chapter 7 Wellington, New Zealand: From Town Belt to Blue Belt 75

Chapter 8 Birmingham, United Kingdom: Health, Nature, and Urban Economy 85

Chapter 9 Portland, Oregon: Green Streets in a River City 93

Chapter 10 San Francisco, California: Biophilic City by the Bay 103

Chapter 11 Oslo, Norway: A City of Fjords and Forests 119

Chapter 12 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain: Nature in the Compact City 131

Part 3 A Global Survey of Innovative Practice and Projects 139

I Biophilic Plans and Codes 141

II Citizen Science and Community Engagement 145

III Biophilic Architecture and Design 149

IV Restoring and Reintroducing Nature into the City 173

V Other Biophilic Urban Strategies 221

Part 4 Successes and Future Directions 225

Chapter 13 Lessons from the World's Emerging Biophilic Cities 227

Chapter 14 Overcoming the Obstacles and Challenges That Remain 245

Chapter 15 Conclusions: Reimagining Cities of the Future 255.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-278) and index.

ISBN:

1610916190

9781610916196

1610916204

9781610916202

OCLC:

907651306