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Duurzame stedenbouw --- Urban ecology (Sociology). --- Cities and towns --- Sociology, Urban. --- City planning. --- Sustainable development. --- Growth.

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Ecological Urbanism : The Nature of the City asks the questions that are important inside and outside the built environment professions: what are climate change, urbanisation and ecology doing to the theory and practice of urban design? How does Ecological Urbanism figure in this change? What is Ecological Urbanism? In answer, this book is neither definitive - impossible when a subject is still in motion - nor encyclopaedic - equally impossible when so much has been written on almost every aspect of these essays. Instead, it seeks to rebalance the ecological narrative and its embryonic modes of practice with the narratives of urbanism and its older, deeply embedded modes of practice. It examines the implications for cities and the designers of cities now we are required to again address their metabolic as well as social and formal dimensions, and it explores the extent to which environmental engineering and natural systems design can and should become drivers for the remaking of cities in the 21st century. Above all, it argues that sooner rather than later, urbanism needs to become environmentally literate, and environmental design needs to become culturally literate.

ruimtelijke ordening --- human ecology --- sociale ecologie --- Environmental planning --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- comprehensive plans [reports] --- Duurzame stedenbouw --- Urban ecology (Sociology) --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development. --- Sustainable urban development --- Écologie urbaine --- Urbanisme durable

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“Cities are green” is becoming a common refrain.  But Calthorpe argues that a more comprehensive understanding of urbanism at the regional scale provides a better platform to address climate change.  In this groundbreaking new work, he shows how such regionally scaled urbanism can be combined with green technology to achieve not only needed reductions in carbon emissions but other critical economies and lifestyle benefits.  Rather than just providing another checklist of new energy sources or one dimensional land use alternatives, he combines them into comprehensive national growth scenarios for 2050 and documents their potential impacts.  In so doing he powerfully demonstrates that it will take an integrated approach of land use transformation, policy changes, and innovative technology to transition to a low carbon economy. To accomplish this Calthorpe synthesizes thirty years of experience, starting with his ground breaking work in sustainable community design in the 1980's following through to his current leadership in transit-oriented design, regional planning, and land use policy. Peter Calthorpe shows us what is possible using real world examples of innovative design strategies and forward-thinking policies that are already changing the way we live. This provocative and engaging work emerges from Calthorpe’s belief that, just as the last fifty years produced massive changes in our culture, economy and environment, the next fifty will generate changes of an even more profound nature. The book, enhanced by its superb four-color graphics, is a call to action and a road map for moving forward.

City planning --- Community development, Urban --- Sustainable development --- Urban ecology (Sociology) --- Environmental aspects --- Community programs, Urban --- Neighborhood improvement programs --- Urban community development --- Urban economic development --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Citizen participation --- Government policy --- Social aspects --- Planning --- Management --- comprehensive plans [reports] --- Urban Ecology --- urbanism --- Énergie renouvelable --- renewable energy --- USA --- City planning -- Environmental aspects -- United States. --- Community development, Urban -- Environmental aspects -- United States. --- Sustainable development -- United States. --- Urban ecology (Sociology) -- United States. --- Environment. --- Architecture. --- Urban planning. --- City planning. --- Urban ecology (Biology). --- Climate change. --- Climate Change. --- Cities, Countries, Regions. --- Urbanism. --- Urban Ecology. --- Changes, Climatic --- Climate change --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- City ecology (Biology) --- Ecology --- Land use --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Design and construction --- Environmental planning --- ruimtelijke ordening --- United States --- Sociology, Urban --- Towns --- Transport --- transport --- Environmental sciences --- Architecture --- Sciences de l'environnement --- Climat --- Changements --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVECOLO LIVTERRE SPRINGER-B --- Climatic changes. --- Urban ecology --- Urban environment --- Social ecology --- Changes in climate --- Climate change science --- transport. --- United States of America

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Tim Beatley has long been a leader in advocating for the "greening" of cities. But too often, he notes, urban greening efforts focus on everything except nature, emphasizing such elements as public transit, renewable energy production, and energy efficient building systems. While these are important aspects of reimagining urban living, they are not enough, says Beatley. We must remember that human beings have an innate need to connect with the natural world (the biophilia hypothesis). And any vision of a sustainable urban future must place its focus squarely on nature, on the presence, conservation, and celebration of the actual green features and natural life forms.   A biophilic city is more than simply a biodiverse city, says Beatley. It is a place that learns from nature and emulates natural systems, incorporates natural forms and images into its buildings and cityscapes, and designs and plans in conjunction with nature. A biophilic city cherishes the natural features that already exist but also works to restore and repair what has been lost or degraded.   In Biophilic Cities Beatley not only outlines the essential elements of a biophilic city, but provides examples and stories about cities that have successfully integrated biophilic elements--from the building to the regional level--around the world.   From urban ecological networks and connected systems of urban greenspace, to green rooftops and green walls and sidewalk gardens, Beatley reviews the emerging practice of biophilic urban design and planning, and tells many compelling stories of individuals and groups working hard to transform cities from grey and lifeless to green and biodiverse.

General ecology and biosociology --- Production management --- Environmental planning --- Architecture --- Economic geography --- binnenhuisinrichting --- ruimtelijke ordening --- ecologie --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- Sustainable development. --- Urban ecology (Biology). --- Regional planning. --- Urban planning. --- Interior architecture. --- Interiors. --- City planning. --- Sustainable Development. --- Urban Ecology. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Interior Architecture and Design. --- Urbanism. --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Regional development --- Regional planning --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Land use --- Planning --- City planning --- Landscape protection --- Environmental aspects --- Government policy --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Architectural interiors --- Architecture, Interior --- Interior space (Architecture) --- Interiors --- Space (Architecture) --- City ecology (Biology) --- Ecology --- Management --- ecology --- Urban environment --- urban planning --- amenity planting --- Biodiversity --- Towns --- Human ecology. --- Urban ecology (Sociology) --- Environmental aspects.

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Urban Wildscapes is one of the first edited collections of writings about urban 'wilderness' landscapes. Evolved, rather than designed or planned, these derelict, abandoned and marginal spaces are frequently overgrown with vegetation and host to a wide range of human activities. They include former industrial sites, landfill, allotments, cemeteries, woods, infrastructural corridors, vacant lots and a whole array of urban wastelands at a variety of different scales. Frequently maligned in the media, these landscapes have recently been re-evaluated and this collection assembles these fresh perspectives in one volume. Combining theory with illustrated examples and case studies, the book demonstrates that urban wildscapes have far greater significance, meaning and utility than is commonly thought, and that an appreciation of their particular qualities can inform a far more sustainable approach to the planning, design and management of the wider urban landscape. The wildscapes under investigation in this book are found in diverse locations throughout the UK, Europe, China and the US. They vary in scale from small sites to entire cities or regions, and from discrete locations to the imaginary wildscapes of children's literature. Many different themes are addressed including the natural history of wildscapes, their significance as a location for all kinds of playful activity, the wildscape as 'commons' and the implications for landscape architectural practice, ranging from planting interventions in wildscapes to the design of the urban public realm on wildscape principles.

Duurzame stedenbouw --- Urban ecology (Sociology) --- Wilderness areas. --- Vacant lands. --- Abandoned buildings. --- Derelict buildings --- Buildings --- Vacant land --- Vacant lots --- Land use, Urban --- Terrain vague --- Lands, Protected wild --- Places, Protected wild --- Protected wild lands --- Protected wild places --- Protected wildlands --- Regions, Wilderness --- Wild lands, Protected --- Wild places, Protected --- Wilderness areas --- Wilderness regions --- Wildlands, Protected --- National parks and reserves --- Natural areas --- Protected areas --- Cities and towns --- Urban ecology --- Urban environment --- Social ecology --- Sociology, Urban --- Conservation --- Environmental aspects --- 316.334.56 --- 504 --- 712 --- Urbane sociologie --- Ecologie --- Landschapsarchitectuur --- Abandoned buildings --- Vacant lands --- 574 --- Ecologie en bioverscheidenheid