Timothy Beatley

Blue Biophilic Cities (eBook, PDF)

Nature and Resilience Along The Urban Coast

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Discusses the promotion by marine nature of wildness, health and a deeper sense of place

Explores creative design and planning approaches for designing resilient cities against environmental dangers

Introduces the concept of 'equigenic blue' as a means for achieving social justice in the Blue Biophilic City

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319679556
• Artikelnr.: 52998331

Autorenporträt

Timothy Beatley is Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities at the University of Virginia, USA, where he has taught for the last thirty years. He founded and directs the Biophilic Cities Project and recently helped to launch a global Biophilic Cities Network.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Future Cities: The Blue and Biophilic .- 2. Planning the Balance of Danger and Delight .- 3. Unsustainable Bounties for the Blue: Cities to the Rescue? .- 4. Making the Marine World Visible - Fostering Emotional Connections to the Sea .- 5. Reimagining the Blue Edge .- 6. Just Blue (and Biophilic) Cities .- 7. Conclusions and Trajectories: Final Reflection on Blue, Biophilic Urbanism