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Ecosystem services come to town greening cities by working with nature

Gary Grant 1958-

Chichester Wiley-Blackwell 2012

Localização: EPELM - Esc. Politécnica-Bib Eng Elet., Mec. e Naval    (711.4 G767e )(Acessar)

  • Título:
    Ecosystem services come to town greening cities by working with nature
  • Autor: Gary Grant 1958-
  • Assuntos: City planning -- Environmental aspects; Sustainable urban development; PLANEJAMENTO TERRITORIAL URBANO (ASPECTOS AMBIENTAIS); DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL; ECOSSISTEMAS
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.
  • Descrição: Contents note continued: Continued Rise of the Motor Vehicle -- Decline of the Inner City -- New Towns -- City Plans -- An Unfinished Task -- 4. Issues Facing Contemporary Cities -- Impacts of Cities and City Living -- Habitat Loss -- Habitat Fragmentation -- Impacts on Soil -- The Water Cycle -- Water-borne Pollution -- Urban Heat Islands -- Air Pollution -- Noise -- Light Pollution -- Agricultural Land Take -- Concrete -- Steel -- Glass -- Timber -- Waste -- Drivers of Population Growth -- Peak Oil -- Peak Phosphorus -- Post Oil -- 5. Working with Nature -- Ecology and Ecosystems -- Born Free -- Saving the Great Lakes -- Earth Summit, Ecosystem Assessment and Ecosystem Services -- Cities as Part of the Biosphere -- Ecological Restoration -- Urban Wildlife -- Green Infrastructure -- Sustainable Sites Initiative -- Advice from Professional Bodies and Others -- Mimic Nature -- Working with Nature Works -- 6. Urban Nature -- Open Space Preservation -- The Naturalists.
    Contents note continued: Nature Leaves the City? -- Urban Nature Returns -- Wildlife Gardens -- Encapsulated Countryside -- Bukit Timah -- The Urban Forest -- Urban Wastelands -- Canvey Wick -- Emscher Park -- Urban Farming -- Biodiversity Action Plans -- River Corridors -- London's South Bank -- Minneapolis Riverfront -- 7. Water and Cities -- Fresh Clean Water -- Essential and Increasingly Scarce -- Civilisation has Modified the Water Cycle -- Water Consumption -- Embodied Carbon -- Virtual Water -- Catchment Management -- Rainwater Harvesting -- Grey Water -- Sustainable Urban Drainage -- Water Sensitive Urban Design -- Rain Gardens -- The Streets are Changing -- Ponds -- Potsdamer Platz -- River Restoration -- The Cheonggyecheon River -- Singapore -- Water and Urban Heat Islands -- Towards the Water Sensitive City -- 8. City-wide Greening -- Bioregions -- Catchment Management for Clean Water -- Catchment Management for Ecosystem Services.
    Contents note continued: Regional Green Infrastructure Plans -- Biomass and the Bioregion -- Regional Ecological Networks -- Community Forests -- Green Belts -- Green Grids -- Transport -- Urban Heat Islands -- Blue Networks -- Masterplanning -- Regional Plans, Local Implementation -- 9. Greening Neighbourhoods and Buildings -- Sense of Neighbourhood -- Living Streets -- Standardising the Neighbourhood -- Design Your Own Park -- A Phoenix Rises -- Growing Their Own -- Learning from Squatter Settlements -- Rain Gardens -- They Paved Paradise -- Clapton Park Estate -- People of the Trees -- Tree Pits -- Tree Trenches -- No Space? -- Energy Efficient Buildings -- Water Efficiency -- Autonomy -- Building-integrated Vegetation -- A Coat for Buildings -- Value of Shade -- Living Walls -- Cooling Effect of Green Roofs -- Green Roofs, Rainwater Attenuation and Cooling -- Green Roofs Need the Right Substrate -- Green Roofs for Biodiversity -- London's Black Redstart Roofs.
    Contents note continued: Biodiverse Green Roofs in North America -- Roof Gardens for People -- Worldwide Applications -- Wildlife and Buildings -- Rooftop Harvests -- 10. Conclusion -- Interesting Times -- The Positives -- Cities and Citizens Take the Initiative -- Greening Requires Greenery -- Appendices -- I.award winning projects from IHDC website -- II.useful resources
  • Editor: Chichester Wiley-Blackwell
  • Data de criação/publicação: 2012
  • Formato: ix, 220 pages illustrations, maps 25 cm.
  • Idioma: Inglês
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