Regenerating Cities

Reviving Places and Planet
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-030-90561-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 235 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 388 g

Reihe: Cities and Nature

This book sets out the discussion on how cities can contribute solutions to some of the challenges the urbanised world is facing, such as the pressure of growing populations, mitigation of effects of, and adaptation to globally changing environmental, climate and public health conditions.

Presenting a detailed explanation of the causes behind the current state of modern cities, the book advocates for a paradigm shift to improve the quality of life of ever-increasing urban inhabitants whilst nourishing the natural systems that sustain human and non-human life in the planet. Recognising the precious role that nature plays in the functioning of cities, it delves into the study of biophilic design and regenerative development. The book argues that these social-ecological design approaches can act as catalysts to develop conditions in urban settings that are beneficial for natural and human systems to thrive and flourish, both in ecosystem services and social-cultural systems. This is particularly relevant for the design of new quality precincts or the regeneration of degraded urban spaces to promote health, wellbeing and urban resilience. A framework is proposed to guide the process of thinking about, designing and building healthier, more liveable and resilient urban environments that raise the quality of life in cities.

The method can be used by researchers, practitioners -urban designers, urban planners, architects and landscape architects- interested in developing their work within a social-ecological perspective. It can also be used by local governments and agencies to underpin policy making, and by educational institutions to prepare graduates with necessary skills to respond to current and future built environment challenges.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zingoni de Baro, Maria Elena

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Ökologische Aspekte in der Architektur
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Addressing current challenges.- Chapter 2. The Antropocence and the urbanising world.- Chapter 3. A shifting paradigm for an urbanised world.- Chapter 4. Two social-ecological approaches to regenerative sustainability.- Chapter 5. An integrated framework for regenerative sustainable urbanism.- Chapter 6. Curitiba case study.- Chapter 7. Singapore case study.- Chapter 8. Cross-case analysis and discussion of results.- Chapter 9. Conclusions.