Blue Biophilic Cities

Nature and Resilience Along The Urban Coast
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-67954-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 142 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 323 g

Reihe: Cities and the Global Politics of the Environment

There is a growing recognition of the contact we need with nature to be happy, healthy and to lead meaningful lives. We need that nature daily, if not hourly, and so it must be nearby to where we live and work. This is central to the concept of ‘biophilic cities’ which is emerging as a global movement and guiding framework for city design and planning. Blue Biophilic Cities is about the promise of this movement and a kind of biophilic urbanism that is possible for cities perched on the edge of harbours and seas.

In blue biophilic cities, much of the nearby nature is to be found in the marine realm. This book explores the efforts underway in a number of cities to foster new marine connections through a variety of innovative programs and initiatives. It also discusses a number of design ideas, from dynamic shoreline edges and floodable parks to living breakwaters, in order to emphasise the possibility of designing for resilience while also supporting marine biodiversity and strengthening biophilic connections to the marine world.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beatley, Timothy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Umweltsoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Deltas, Flussmündungen, Küstenregionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.