Resilience in Ecology and Urban Design : Linking Theory and Practice for Sustainable Cities /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Pickett, S.T.A. (Editor ), Cadenasso, M.L. (Editor ), McGrath, Brian. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:Future City, 3
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Ecology of the City as a Bridge to Urban Design
  • 2. Three Tides: The Development and State of the Art of Urban Ecological Science
  • 3. Social Dynamics and Sustainable Urban Design
  • 4. Integral Urbanism: A Context for Urban Design
  • 5. Landscape as Method and Medium for the Ecological Design of Cities
  • 6. Ecological Heterogeneity in Urban Ecosystems: Reconceptualized Land Cover Models as a Bridge to Urban Design
  • 7. Urban Patch Dynamics and Resilience: Three London Urban Design Ecologies
  • 8. Eco-engineering for Water: From Soft to Hard & Back
  • 9. Beyond Restoration and into Design: Hydrologic Alterations in Aridland Cities
  • 10. Ecological Resilience as a Foundation for Urban Design and Sustainability
  • 11. Slow, Moderate, Fast: Urban Adaptation and Change
  • 12. Anchoring a Terrain: Landscapes beyond Urbanism
  • 13. Storyline and Design: How Civic Stewardship Shapes Urban Design in New York City
  • 14. Eco-cities without Ecology: Constructing Ideologies, Valuing Nature
  • 15. Sponge City
  • 16. Civic Space in Regional Frameworks: Resilient Approaches to Urban Design
  • 17. Aesthetic Resilience
  • 18. Anchoring Philadelphia
  • 19. Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park Treatment Wetland: Integrated Strategies in Natural Treatment System Design
  • 20. Just Ground: A Social Infrastructure for Urban Landscape Regeneration
  • 21. Ecological and Social Linkages in Urban Design Projects: A Synthesis
  • 22. The Design Process as a Framework for Collaboration between Ecologists and Designers
  • 23. Remixing Messages: A Call for Collaboration between Artists and Scientists
  • 24. Landscape Urbanism: A North American Perspective
  • 25. Urbanism and Ecological Rationality
  • 26. Bangkok: The Ecology and Design of an Aqua-City
  • 27. Disturbanism in the South Pacific: Disturbance Ecology as a Basis for Urban Resilience in Small Island States
  • 28. The Ecology of the Metacity: Shaping the Dynamic, Patchy, Networked, and Adaptive Cities of the Future.  .