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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464706503321

Titolo

Human-environmental interactions in cities : challenges and opportunities of urban land use planning and green infrastructure / / edited by Nadja Kabisch [and three others] ; contributors Jose Ignacio Aguirre [and twenty one others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-6159-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Disciplina

307.1216

Soggetti

Sustainable urban development

Urban ecology (Sociology)

Urban ecology (Biology)

Land use, Urban - Environmental aspects

City planning - Environmental aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; PART TWO; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses international research communities concerned with conceptual, scientific, and design approaches to urban land developments and biodiversity. The main focus is on the understanding of human-environment interactions analysed by multi-disciplinary approaches. The articles in this important collection include new concepts and challenges for sustainable green space development emerging from the pressure caused by urbanisation. The concept of biophilic urbanism and the framework...