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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300579203321

Autore

Beatley Timothy

Titolo

Blue Biophilic Cities : Nature and Resilience Along The Urban Coast / / by Timothy Beatley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783319679556

3319679554

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 142 p. 40 illus. in color.)

Collana

Cities and the Global Politics of the Environment, , 2946-3467

Disciplina

307.1216

Soggetti

Ecology

Physical geography

Sociology, Urban

Environmental Sciences

Physical Geography

Earth System Sciences

Urban Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Future Cities: The Blue and Biophilic  -- 2. Planning the Balance of Danger and Delight  -- 3. Unsustainable Bounties for the Blue: Cities to the Rescue?  -- 4. Making the Marine World Visible - Fostering Emotional Connections to the Sea  -- 5. Reimagining the Blue Edge  -- 6. Just Blue (and Biophilic) Cities  -- 7. Conclusions and Trajectories: Final Reflection on Blue, Biophilic Urbanism.

Sommario/riassunto

There is a growing recognition of the contact we need with nature to be happy, healthy and to lead meaningful lives. We need that nature daily, if not hourly, and so it must be nearby to where we live and work. This is central to the concept of 'biophilic cities' which is emerging as a global movement and guiding framework for city design and planning. Blue Biophilic Cities is about the promise of this movement and a kind of biophilic urbanism that is possible for cities perched on the edge of harbours and seas. In blue biophilic cities, much of the ne arby nature is to be found in the marine realm. This book explores the efforts



underway in a number of cities to foster new marine connections through a variety of innovative programs and initiatives. It also discusses a number of design ideas, from dynamic shoreline edges and floodable parks to living breakwaters, in order to emphasise the possibility of designing for resilience while also supporting marine biodiversity and strengthening biophilic connections to the marine world. .