Making green cities : concepts, challenges and practice / Jürgen Breuste, editor ; Martina Artmann, Cristian Ioja, Salman Qureshi, co-editors.
2020
HT241 .M35 2020
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Title
Making green cities : concepts, challenges and practice / Jürgen Breuste, editor ; Martina Artmann, Cristian Ioja, Salman Qureshi, co-editors.
ISBN
3030377164 (electronic book)
9783030377168 (electronic bk.)
9783030377151
3030377156
9783030377168 (electronic bk.)
9783030377151
3030377156
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 532 pages) : illustrations, maps
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-37
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HT241 .M35 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
307.76
Summary
This book shows what role nature can play in a city and how this can make it a better place for people to live. People, planners, designers and politicians are working towards the development of green cities. Some cities are already promoted as green cities, while others are on their way to become one. But their goals are often unclear and can include different facets. Presenting contributions from world leading researchers in the field of urban ecology, the editors provide an interdisciplinary overview of best practices and challenges in creating green cities. They show examples of how to build up these cities from bits and pieces to districts and urban extensions. Each example concludes with a summary of the collected knowledge, the learning points and how this can be used in other places. The best practices are collected from around the world - Europe, Australia, America and Asia. The new dynamic urban development of Asia is illustrated by case studies from China and the Indian subcontinent. The reader will learn which role nature can play in green cities and what the basic requirements are in terms of culture, pre-existing nature conditions, existing urban surroundings, history, design and planning.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 20, 2020).
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Breuste, Jürgen, editor.
Artmann, Martina, editor.
Ioja, Cristian, editor.
Qureshi, Salman, editor.
Artmann, Martina, editor.
Ioja, Cristian, editor.
Qureshi, Salman, editor.
Series
Cities and nature.
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Print version: 9783030377151
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Table of Contents
Part 1: Concepts
Chapter 1. The Green City: general concept
Chapter 2. The nature concept
of what the green consist of
Chapter 3. The benefit concept
How people can benefit from urban nature
Part 2: Challenges and Practices
Chapter 4. Urban Parks
Chapter 5. Urban Gardening
Chapter 6. Urban Agriculture
Chapter 7. Urban Forests
Chapter 8. Urban waters and wetlands
Chapter 9. Urban Protected Areas
Chapter 10. Urban Biodiversity
Chapter 11. Multi-functional urban green spaces
Chapter 12. Conflicting nature in cities.
Chapter 1. The Green City: general concept
Chapter 2. The nature concept
of what the green consist of
Chapter 3. The benefit concept
How people can benefit from urban nature
Part 2: Challenges and Practices
Chapter 4. Urban Parks
Chapter 5. Urban Gardening
Chapter 6. Urban Agriculture
Chapter 7. Urban Forests
Chapter 8. Urban waters and wetlands
Chapter 9. Urban Protected Areas
Chapter 10. Urban Biodiversity
Chapter 11. Multi-functional urban green spaces
Chapter 12. Conflicting nature in cities.