Making Urban Nature
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (953 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9462083177 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
(Hinali Shah And Merilyn Chang Metropolis) . Making Urban Nature surveys nature inclusive design in European cities and offers practical examples and design suggestions
Simultaneously utopian and pragmatic, it discusses the unique nature of urban habitats and calls for the purposeful integration of nature in the designs of buildings and urban outdoor spaces, while offering practical examples and design suggestions.. Nature-inclusive design, which considers nature an integral part of the urban organism and an important part of a city’s quality of life (for human and nonhuman residents), is a pioneer practice that has only recently started to become part of urban planning.Making Urban Nature is an inspirational book of examples about nature-inclusive designing in European cities. Many animal and plant species are now more common in cities than in rural areas. However, urban nature is fragile, and threatened by the tendency of planners and policymakers to see the city exclusively as a habitat for people. The city is a rich habitat of great biodiversity