Autore	Grant Gary <1958->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hoboken, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (239 p.)
Disciplina	711/.4
Soggetto topico	City planning - Environmental aspects Sustainable urban development
ISBN	1-283-54236-6 9786613854810 1-118-38788-0 1-118-38792-9 1-118-38787-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Ecosystem Services Come to Town: Greening cities by working with nature; Contents; About the Author; Acknowledgement; 1. Introduction; Modern Cities and the Disconnected; Population Spike; Limits to Growth; Global Threats; Ecosystem Services and Stewardship; Greening Cities is Necessary; Hope; 2. Origins of Cities; Why Look Back?; Emergence of the Human Species; Great Leap Forward; Agriculture and Permanent Settlements; Agriculture Around the World; Agriculture Intensifies; Empires Rise and Fall in Mesopotamia; Nile Valley; Indus Valley; Ancient China; Ancient Greece; On the Ganges; Rome The MocheMesoamerica; Fortified Centres of Administration; European Renaissance; Early Modern; Squalor; 3. Modern Cities; Origins of the Modern City; Industrial Revolution; Railways; Rapid Growth; Ill Health; Distinctive New Districts Emerge; Paris Re-born; Railways and Suburbs; Planning and Zoning; Garden Cities; Motor Vehicles Herald in the Oil Age; A Humane Outlook; Going Up; 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 SoilThe 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 NatureOpen Space Preservation; The Naturalists; 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 DesignRain 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; 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
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910139690203321

Edizione	[Illustrated edition]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Calgary [Alta.], : University of Calgary Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (122 p.)
Disciplina	307.1/214
Altri autori (Persone)	WylantBarry <1962-> WalkerStuart <1955-> ManziniEzio
Soggetto topico	City planning - Environmental aspects Suburban life Sustainable living Suburbs - Environmental aspects
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-03550-9 9786612035500 1-55238-262-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Bibliographic Information""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword John Thackara""; ""Introduction: Designing for Sustainability and Strategic Design Ezio Manzini""; ""Design Context: Enabling Solutions for Sustainable Urban Everyday Life Ezio Manzini""; ""Sustainable Design Stuart Walker""; ""Significance beyond Functional Singularity Barry Wylant""; ""Workshop Theme: Envisioning a Culture of Sustainability Stuart Walker and Barry Wylant""; ""Workshop Projects ""; ""(1) FlexMobility: Community Car-Sharing Agency"" ""(2) All the Streetâ€?s a Stage: Making a Scene, Revitalizing Community""""(3) Calgary Garden Connections: People Growing People""; ""(4) My Classroom: Home-based Community Learning Centres""; ""Notes""; ""Back Cover""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910453863203321

Autore	Brandon P. S (Peter S.)
Edizione	[2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (282 p.)
Disciplina	307.76
Altri autori (Persone)	LombardiP. L (Patrizia L.)
Soggetto topico	Urban ecology (Sociology) City planning - Environmental aspects Sustainable architecture Sustainable development
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-4443-4078-6 1-282-81776-0 9786612817762 1-4443-2787-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Evaluating Sustainable Development in the Built Environment; Contents; About the Authors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Setting the Context for Evaluating Sustainable Development; The environmental perspective; The international policy debates; Extension of the debate; The impact of the built environment; The current response of the built environment community; Sustainability: a definition; Seeking a shared set of values; Striving for a common framework and classification system; The characteristics of assessment and measurement for sustainable development Management and intervention for sustainable development Implementing management decisions; Summary; 2 Time and Sustainability; Innovation and stability; Perceptions of sustainable development; Critical failure points; Time in evaluation; Future aversion; Clever or wise?; Practical assessment of 'time'; The luxury of the 'time' horizon; 3 Approaches to Evaluation; The Natural Step; The concept of community capital; The ecological footprint; Monetary (capital) approach; The driving force-state-response model; Issues or theme-based frameworks; Accounting frameworks Frameworks of assessment methods' tool kits Summary and conclusions; 4 Indicators and Measures; Why evaluate?; Traditional versus sustainable development indicators; Generic and specific questions; International indicators; Aggregated indicators; Discussion; Summary; 5 Assessment Methods; A directory of assessment methods; An outline summary of the main assessment methods, tools and procedures in use; Summary and conclusions; 6 A Proposed Framework for Evaluating Sustainable Development; The need for a holistic and integrated framework; The theoretical underpinning of the framework The built environment explained by the modalitiesThe 15 modalities for understanding sustainable development in the built environment; Development of the multi-modal framework for decision-making; Key questions for examining sustainable development within each modality; Synthesis of results; Summary; 7 The Framework as a Structuring Tool: Case Studies; Case study 1: selection of a municipal waste treatment system; Case study 2: evaluation of sustainable redevelopment scenarios for an urban area; Case study 3: 'multi-stakeholder' urban regeneration decision-making Case study 4: social reporting of Modena City strategic plan Summary and conclusion; 8 Towards Management Systems and Protocols; Who manages?; The planning framework; Management in a learning organisation; Soft system methodology; Wicked problems; Process protocols; A possible approach; The Vancouver study; The conclusions of the Vancouver study; Follow through on the Vancouver study; Resilience; 9 Education and Research; A research agenda; In conclusion; Appendix A: The Philosophy of the 'Cosmonomic Idea of Reality'; References; Websites; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910459532403321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lausanne : , : Frontiers Media S.A., , 2019-
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource
Disciplina	333.7 710
Soggetto topico	City planning - Environmental aspects Sustainable urban development
Soggetto genere / forma	Periodicals. Zeitschrift
ISSN	2624-9634
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Periodico
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Altri titoli varianti	Frsc
Record Nr.	UNISA-996334246503316

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, c2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (573 p.)
Disciplina	307.76
Altri autori (Persone)	CohenNevin
Collana	The SAGE reference series on green societies
Soggetto topico	Urban ecology (Sociology) Sustainable urban development Urbanization - Environmental aspects City planning - Environmental aspects
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-4522-6620-4 1-84972-743-0 1-4129-7381-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910480994203321