Handbook of Biophilic City Planning and Design

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Power of Urban Nature: The Essential Benefits of Biophilic Urbanism....Pages 3-12
Understanding the Nature of Biophilic Cities....Pages 13-32
The Urban Nature Diet: The Many Ways That Nature Enhances Urban Life....Pages 33-40
Biophilic Cities and Urban Resilience....Pages 41-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Singapore City, Singapore: City in a Garden....Pages 51-66
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: From Cream City to Green City....Pages 67-74
Wellington, New Zealand: From Town Belt to Blue Belt....Pages 75-84
Birmingham, United Kingdom: Health, Nature, and Urban Economy....Pages 85-91
Portland, Oregon: Green Streets in a River City....Pages 93-102
San Francisco, California: Biophilic City by the Bay....Pages 103-118
Oslo, Norway: A City of Fjords and Forests....Pages 119-129
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain: Nature in the Compact City....Pages 131-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Biophilic Plans and Codes....Pages 141-144
Citizen Science and Community Engagement....Pages 145-147
Biophilic Architecture and Design....Pages 149-172
Restoring and Reintroducing Nature into the City....Pages 173-219
Other Biophilic Urban Strategies....Pages 221-224
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Lessons from the World’s Emerging Biophilic Cities....Pages 227-243
Overcoming the Obstacles and Challenges That Remain....Pages 245-253
Conclusions: Reimagining Cities of the Future....Pages 255-259
Back Matter....Pages 221-252