Resilient city : landscape architecture for climate change / Elke Mertens ; [translated by Julian Reisenberger].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mertens, Elke, author.

Contributor:

Reisenberger, Julian, translator.

Standardized Title:

Resiliente Stadt. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Landscape architecture--Climatic factors.

Landscape architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, [2021]

Language Note:

Translated from German.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Climate change is one of the greatest challenges the world is facing, and in particular cities where ever more of the world's population lives. Cities are increasingly having to cope with extreme weather events such as intense storms and heavy rains, as well as prolonged periods of heat and drought. Green infrastructure can help mitigate their negative effects, and landscape architects are responding with corresponding concepts for the design of public spaces. Through appropriate design, cities can be made more resilient so that they are able to recover more quickly from weather extremes, and without lasting damage. Alongside the design of urban space, cities can improve sustainability by promoting social equity, ensuring food security, reducing waste as well as by maintaining trees and green spaces so that they become more climate-resilient"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 19, 2021).

Other Edition:

Also issued as: 9783035622331 [German edition]

ISBN:

9783035622652

3035622655

OCLC:

1285685261