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This open access book is based on work from the COST Action RESTORE - REthinking Sustainability TOwards a Regenerative Economy, and highlights how sustainability in buildings, facilities and urban governance is crucial for a future that is socially just, ecologically restorative, and economically viable, for Europe and the whole planet. In light of the search for fair solutions to the climate crisis, the authors outline the urgency for the built environment sector to implement adaptation and mitigation strategies, as well as a just transition. As shown in the chapters, this can be done by applying a broader framework that enriches places, people, ecology, culture, and climate, at the core of the design task - with a particular emphasis on the benefits towards health and resilient business practices. This book is one step on the way to a paradigm shift towards restorative sustainability for new and existing buildings. The authors want to promote forward thinking and multidisciplinary knowledge, leading to solutions that celebrate the richness of design creativity. In this vision, cities of the future will enhance users' experience, health and wellbeing inside and outside of buildings, while reconciling anthropic ecosystems and nature. A valuable resource for scientists and students in environmental sciences and architecture, as well as policy makers, practitioners and investors in urban and regional development.
Buildings --- Sustainable buildings. --- Repair and reconstruction --- Environmental aspects. --- Edifices --- Halls --- Structures --- Architecture --- Ecologically sustainable buildings --- Environmentally sustainable buildings --- Green buildings (Green technology) --- Sustainable development --- Built environment --- Urban Ecology --- Environment, general --- Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings --- Environmental Sciences --- Biophilic Design --- Built Environment --- Climate Change --- Evidence-based Design --- Green Roofs --- Green Economy --- Open Access --- Regenerative Design --- SDG 11 --- Sustainable Architecture --- Sustainability --- Sustainable Cities and Communities --- Urban Climate --- Ecological science, the Biosphere --- Urban & municipal planning --- The environment --- Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture & design --- Desenvolupament sostenible --- Creixement sostenible --- Desenvolupament ecologicament sostenible --- Economia sostenible --- Sostenibilitat --- Creixement negatiu (Economia) --- Ciutats sostenibles --- Edificis sostenibles --- Agricultura sostenible --- Consum responsable --- Desenvolupament econòmic --- Economia circular --- Energia exosomàtica --- Pesca sostenible --- Petjada ecològica --- Reivindicacions socials
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This volume examines the applicability of landscape urbanism theory in contemporary landscape architecture practice by bringing together ecology and architecture in the built environment. Using participatory planning of green infrastructure and application of nature-based solutions to address urban challenges, landscape urbanism seeks to reintroduce critical connections between natural and urban systems. In light of ongoing developments in landscape architecture, the goal is a paradigm shift towards a landscape that restores and rehabilitates urban ecosystems. Nine contributions examine a wide range of successful cases of designing livable and resilient cities in different geographical contexts, from the United States of America to Australia and Japan, and through several European cities in Italy, Portugal, Estonia, and Greece. While some chapters attempt to conceptualize the interconnections between cities and nature, others clearly have an empirical focus. Efforts such as the use of ornamental helophyte plants in bioretention ponds to reduce and treat stormwater runoff, the recovery of a poorly constructed urban waterway or participatory approaches for optimizing the location of green stormwater infrastructure and examining the environmental justice issue of equative availability and accessibility to public open spaces make these innovations explicit. Thus, this volume contributes to the sustainable cities goal of the United Nations.
public perception --- urban sustainability --- public open space --- landscape urbanism --- urban ecology --- re-naturing cities --- floating treatment wetland --- viable city --- deprived areas --- urban planning --- renaturing cities --- Greece --- postal questionnaire --- pedestrian zones --- street verges --- landscape first --- public green infrastructure (PGI) --- resource rationalization --- context-sensitive design --- green infrastructure --- environmental justice --- river restoration --- public amenity --- well-being --- sustainable cities --- Japan --- recreation --- plant ecology --- social equity --- runoff --- sustainable development --- Soviet-era housing blocks --- regenerative design --- biophilic urbanism --- livability --- post-postmodernism --- landscape history --- nature-based solutions --- vacant land --- nature-based solution --- built environment --- green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) --- urban nature (UN) --- urban design --- geographic information systems --- landscape theory --- urban geography --- residents’ views --- pollutant removal --- liveability --- visitor satisfaction survey --- biophilic design --- Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) --- urban nature --- spontaneous vegetation --- Asia --- green gentrification --- site suitability modeling --- landscape architecture --- Roma minority --- Philadelphia
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