Cities and Natural Process : A Basis for Sustainability

ISBN-13: 9780415298551 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 308 str.

Michael Hough

Opis

An updated and revised discussion of the fundamental conflict in the perception of nature and an expression of the essential need for an environmental view when approaching urban design.

Recenzje

'This is a book of ideas and imagination which should stimulate anyone concerned about the future of urban life ... excellent material to stimulate tutorial discussion.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

'A classic in our own time ... its message is sorely needed; its painstaking and authoritative guidance will be of inestimable value.' - Landscape Architecture

' ... a concise, comprehensive and readable volume ... that applies not only to landscape architecture but to all professionals involved in city planning and conservation ... an excellent textbook.' - Landscape Architecture

'A landmark in the environmental literature ... for the first time an author has attempted in one concise, comprehensive volume, to treat as an ecosystem a major part of the modern landscape which has generally been regarded as outside the range of natural process: the city.' - Land Use Policy

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Urban Ecology: A basis for shaping cities 2. Water 3. Plants 4. Wildlife 5. City Farming 6. Climate: Making connections 7. The Regional Landscape Conclusion

O autorze

Michael Hough is a landscape architect and senior partner in the Toronto firm of Hough, Stanbar, Nayor and Dance. He is also Professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University, Canada.