Boeri, Stefano,

Green obsession : trees towards cities, humans towards forests. / txt Stefano Boeri Architetti ; authors Stefano Boeri, [and 8 others] ; edited by Maria Chiara Pastore, Simone Marchetti. - 383 p. : ill. ; phoho. ; map. ; col. ; 24 cm. book

Include bibliography.

Intro --
Questions, an introduction --
A preface --
The fragility of a species --
I.I. An overview --
I. II. Towards the ethics of responsibility --
I. III. Behind our ethical choices --
I. IV. Regeneration vs Extraction. On the Nature of Man --
II. I.A new agreement --
II. II. Drivers of change --
II. III. Ideas for a new world. Time, space, movement --
II. IV. Theories to protect Gaia --
Biodiversity in global projects and networks --
II. V. Green Urban Oases --
A world scale project --
II. VI. Scaling down --
from Global to Continental --
II. VII. A new Reciprocity Contract between cities and villages II. VIII. The National Scale --
Parco Italia --
II. IX. Inner areas and villages --
4 ideas: food for thought --
III. I. Three dystopias --
III. II. The Urban Framework --
III. III. The Role of Cities --
III. IV. Urban Forestry --
an introduction to a landscape ecological urbanism approach --
III. V. Tirana 2030 --
III. VI. San Marino 2030 --
III. VII. The Green River --
III. VIII. The Vertical Forest --
III. IX. The Vertical Forest as an icon --
III. X. Vertical Forests --
experiences and perspectives --
III. XI. Manifesto Botanica --
IV. I. Zoonosis, Deforestation. The perspectives for Urban Forestry IV. II. A brief history of the forest and the role of agriculture --
IV. III. The Expo and Agriculture --
IV. IV. Forest-human relationship. Meanings and Identities. --
IV. V. Cancun Smart Forest City --
IV. VI. Syracuse --
The Dead Wood of the Trojan Women --
IV. VII. Radura della Memoria, Polcevera Park and the Red Circle --
IV. VIII. The Wisdom of the Yanomami --
IV. IX. Unfolding Forests --
IV. X. The relationship between public health and greenery --
IV. XI. Humans and wild animals live in the same cities. Is it alliance or rivalry? --
IV. XII. The role of design. Urban Forestry as a practice IV.XIII. About designing with Nature --
IV.XIV. Tirana Riverside --
IV.XV. Stefano Boeri Architetti's Green Obsession --
IV.XVI. Prato Urban Jungle --
IV.XVII. Wonderwoods --
IV.XVIII. The wood cycle --
IV.XIX. Grand Genève Constellation Métropolitaine --
IV.XX. Amatrice --
Polo del gusto --
IV.XXI. Let's talk about forests and Urban Forestry to redesign the world we live in --
V.I. Four Futures. Environment and politics --
V.II. How greening cities can help save the Planet --
V.III. Trudo Vertical Forest --
V.IV. The Tree's right to dwell --
V.V. Towards a new alliance between City and Nature v. VI. (Re)Nature-ing resilient cities. The future of sustainability in urban areas in South East Asia --
V. VII. Building with Nature --
Towards an alternative ""Green Architecture --
V. VIII. Nanjing Vertical Forest --
V. IX. Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest --
V.X. The Politics of Parks: Green space and social inequality in New York City --
V. XI. On Ecosystem Services, accessible cities, and environmental justice. A new approach for Inclusiveness in Urban Planning. --
V. XII. Forestami. An introduction. --
V. XIII. Forestami. The three million trees campaign for the Metropolitan City of Milan --
V. XIV. Forest City Manifesto --
V. XV. Final thoughts --
Projects by Stefano Boeri Architetti --

"Cities have contributed for centuries to the promotion of some of humanity's greatest ideas, we must now urgently include them as among the principal players in the environmental debate and at the forefront of any policy tackling and countering - possibly reversing - climate change. Nevertheless, even today one of the most significant technologies capable of absorbing CO2 and restoring our environment is photosynthesis. Planting trees, in addition to protecting existing natural areas and biodiversity, together with de-carbonization, renewable energies, digitalization, smart mobility and the circular economy could be the set of strategies necessary to tackle climate change. Today the effects of the Anthropocene age are ever more visible, changing our environment and affecting every species that lives within it. Green Obsession offers a path to be taken, a hard but still necessary paradigm shift - even for architecture and urbanism - that aims to give a voice to this much needed ecological transition. This book aims to unveil the processes and the complexity involved in the search for a new kind of urbanism, while raising questions and opening old wounds related to the relationship between the human species and Nature and finally putting these fragments together to create a portrait of our era. We need to conceive cities as new green catalysts. Now more than ever, it is essential to act together as separate individuals and professionals, joining the cause as members of the global community with a shared environmental strategy. We all have to open the era of a new alliance between Nature and City"--

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City planning--Environmental aspects.
Sustainable urban development
Urbanisme durable
Architecture environmental aspects
Trees in cities
Nature and civilization
Nature-effect of human beings on

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