Cities and Natural Process: A Basis for Sustainability

✍ Scribed by Michael Hough

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Leaves: 301
Edition: 2
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Cities and Natural Process is a discussion of the fundamental conflict in the perception of nature and an expression of the essential need for an environmental view when approaching urban design. Whilst retaining the existing structure, each of the chapters has been revised to take into account recent theoretical and practical developments. A completely new concluding chapter has been added which draws together the themes of the volume and links these to broader landscape issues such as greenway systems, landscape ecology and green infrastructure.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Introduction......Page 10
Urban ecology: a basis for shaping cities......Page 14
Water......Page 35
Plants and plant communities......Page 95
Wildlife......Page 139
City farming......Page 169
Climate......Page 198
The regional landscape: a framework for shaping urban form......Page 228
Notes......Page 273
Select bibliography......Page 286
Index......Page 296

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