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Making Green Cities Concepts, Challenges and Practice /

This book shows what role nature can play in a city and how this can make it a better place for people to live. People, planners, designers and politicians are working towards the development of green cities. Some cities are already promoted as green cities, while others are on their way to become o...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Breuste, Jürgen. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Artmann, Martina. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ioja, Cristian. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Qureshi, Salman. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Edition:1st ed. 2020.
Series:Cities and Nature,
Subjects:
Urban geography.
Sustainable architecture.
Urban ecology (Biology).
Landscape ecology.
Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).
Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings.
Urban Ecology.
Landscape Ecology.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37716-8
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Concepts
  • Chapter 1. The Green City: general concept
  • Chapter 2. The nature concept - of what the green consist of
  • Chapter 3. The benefit concept - How people can benefit from urban nature
  • Part 2: Challenges and Practices
  • Chapter 4. Urban Parks
  • Chapter 5. Urban Gardening
  • Chapter 6. Urban Agriculture
  • Chapter 7. Urban Forests
  • Chapter 8. Urban waters and wetlands
  • Chapter 9. Urban Protected Areas
  • Chapter 10. Urban Biodiversity
  • Chapter 11. Multi-functional urban green spaces
  • Chapter 12. Conflicting nature in cities. .

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