Handbook of Biophilic City Planning & Design : txt
Timothy Beatley.
- 289 p. ill. ; maps ; 25cm book
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: List of Case Studies xi -- Preface xv -- Acknowledgments xix -- 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 -- Il. 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 -- Resources 261 -- References 265 -- Index 279 -- List of Case Studies: I. BIOPHILIC PLANS AND CODES 141 -- Green Roof Bylaws , Toronto , Ontario , Canada 141 -- Greenest City Action Plan , Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada 142 -- II. CITIZEN SCIENCE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 145 -- Camping in Urban Parks , New York City , New York 145 -- Urban Slender Loris Project , Bangalore , India 146 -- III. BIOPHILIC ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN 149 -- A. Bird - Friendly Urban Design 149 -- Aqua Tower , Chicago , Illinois 149 -- B. Biophilic Factories , Business Parks 151 -- Hero MotoCorp Garden Factory and Global Parts Center , Neemrana , India Park 20120 , Amsterdam , Netherlands 152 -- C. Green Rooftops and Walls 154 -- Green Roofs , Chicago , Illinois 154 -- Azoteas Verdes , Mexico City , Mexico 155 -- GreenSkins , Fremantle , Perth , Western Australia 156 -- One Central Park , Sydney , Australia 159 -- D. Green Terraces and Towers / Vertical Nature 160 -- Stacking Green , Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam 160 -- Jardines Verticales , Mexico City , Mexico 161 -- 300 Lafayette Street , SOHO , New York City 162 -- Via Verde , Bronx , New York City 163 -- Bosco Verticale , Milan , Italy 166 -- E. Healing Spaces / Health and Nature 167 -- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital , Boston , Massachusetts 167 -- Credit Valley Hospital , Carlo Fidani Peel Regional Cancer Center , Mississauga , Ontario , Canada 168 -- Healey Family Student Center , Georgetown University , Washington , DC 169 -- F. Multisensory Biophilic Design 171 -- Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 171 -- IV. RESTORING AND REINTRODUCING NATURE INTO THE CITY 173 -- A. Rivers and Riparian Nature ; Blue Urbanism. 173 -- Revitalizing the Los Angeles River , Los Angeles , California 173 -- James River Riverfront Plan , Richmond , Virginia 175 -- Cheonggyecheon Stream Restoration Project , Seoul , South Korea 177 -- St Louis Great Rivers Greenway District ' s River Ring , St Louis , Missouri 178 -- El Parque del Agua Luis Buñuel , Zaragoza , Spain 179 -- B. Trees and Urban Forests 181 -- RE: LEAF / Street Tree Initiative / Mayor ' s Street Tree Program , London , United Kingdom 181 -- Urban Forest Strategy , Melbourne , Australia 182 -- C. Greenways , Greenbelts , Urban Trails 183 -- Urban Trail Network , Anchorage , Alaska 183 -- Chengdu ' s Ecological Belt and Garden City Vision , Chengdu , China 184 -- Trilha TransCarioca ( TransCarioca Trail ), Rio de Janeiro , Brazil 187 -- D. Green Alleys / Ecological Alleyways 188 -- Green Alley Program , Austin , Texas 188 -- Green Alleys , Montreal , Quebec , Canada 191 -- E. Green Infrastructure and Urban Ecological Strategies 193 -- Costanera Norte , Buenos Aires , Argentina 193 -- Chicago Wilderness , Chicago , Illinois 194 -- Houston Wilderness , Houston , Texas 195 -- Green Grid , London , United Kingdom 196 -- McDowell Sonoran Preserve , Phoenix and Scottsdale , Arizona 197 --
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Sustainable development Landscape architecture City planning--Environmental aspects. Human ecology