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Ecosystem Services Come To Town Greening Cities by Working with Nature

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Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

24.09.2012

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

Seitenzahl

240

Maße (L/B/H)

25,5/19,2/1,5 cm

Gewicht

535 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4051-9506-5

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"The book can be a useful supplemental resource for students in urban studies, offering many wonderful ideas and a general sense of optimism. Summing Up: Recommended. All academic, professional, and large public libraries." ( Choice , 1 August 2013)

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

24.09.2012

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

Seitenzahl

240

Maße (L/B/H)

25,5/19,2/1,5 cm

Gewicht

535 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4051-9506-5

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  • Produktbild: Ecosystem Services Come To Town
  • About the Author xi

    Acknowledgement xiii

    1. Introduction 1

    Modern Cities and the Disconnected 1

    Population Spike 2

    Limits to Growth 3

    Global Threats 3

    Ecosystem Services and Stewardship 4

    Greening Cities is Necessary 5

    Hope 5

    2. Origins of Cities 7

    Why Look Back? 7

    Emergence of the Human Species 7

    Great Leap Forward 8

    Agriculture and Permanent Settlements 8

    Agriculture Around the World 10

    Agriculture Intensifies 11

    Empires Rise and Fall in Mesopotamia 12

    Nile Valley 12

    Indus Valley 13

    Ancient China 13

    Ancient Greece 14

    On the Ganges 15

    Rome 16

    The Moche 16

    Mesoamerica 17

    Fortified Centres of Administration 17

    European Renaissance 18

    Early Modern 19

    Squalor 21

    3. Modern Cities 23

    Origins of the Modern City 23

    Industrial Revolution 23

    Railways 24

    Rapid Growth 25

    Ill Health 26

    Distinctive New Districts Emerge 27

    Paris Re-born 28

    Railways and Suburbs 29

    Planning and Zoning 29

    Garden Cities 29

    Motor Vehicles Herald in the Oil Age 31

    A Humane Outlook 32

    Going Up 33

    Continued Rise of the Motor Vehicle 33

    Decline of the Inner City 34

    New Towns 35

    City Plans 36

    An Unfinished Task 37

    4. Issues Facing Contemporary Cities 39

    Impacts of Cities and City Living 39

    Habitat Loss 40

    Habitat Fragmentation 41

    Impacts on Soil 41

    The Water Cycle 42

    Water-borne Pollution 44

    Urban Heat Islands 44

    Air Pollution 45

    Noise 46

    Light Pollution 47

    Agricultural Land Take 47

    Concrete 48

    Steel 48

    Glass 49

    Timber 49

    Waste 49

    Drivers of Population Growth 50

    Peak Oil 52

    Peak Phosphorus 52

    Post Oil 53

    5. Working with Nature 55

    Ecology and Ecosystems 55

    Born Free 56

    Saving the Great Lakes 56

    Earth Summit, Ecosystem Assessment and Ecosystem Services 58

    Cities as Part of the Biosphere 59

    Ecological Restoration 59

    Urban Wildlife 60

    Green Infrastructure 60

    Sustainable Sites Initiative 61

    Advice from Professional Bodies and Others 61

    Mimic Nature 62

    Working with Nature Works 63

    6. Urban Nature 65

    Open Space Preservation 65

    The Naturalists 66

    Nature Leaves the City? 66

    Urban Nature Returns 68

    Wildlife Gardens 69

    Encapsulated Countryside 70

    Bukit Timah 71

    The Urban Forest 72

    Urban Wastelands 73

    Canvey Wick 74

    Emscher Park 75

    Urban Farming 76

    Biodiversity Action Plans 77

    River Corridors 78

    London's South Bank 79

    Minneapolis Riverfront 79

    7. Water and Cities 81

    Fresh Clean Water - Essential and Increasingly Scarce 81

    Civilisation has Modified the Water Cycle 82

    Water Consumption 82

    Embodied Carbon 82

    Virtual Water 83

    Catchment Management 84

    Rainwater Harvesting 84

    Grey Water 85

    Sustainable Urban Drainage 85

    Water Sensitive Urban Design 86

    Rain Gardens 86

    The Streets are Changing 86

    Ponds 88

    Potsdamer Platz 89

    River Restoration 89

    The Cheonggyecheon River 90

    Singapore 91

    Water and Urban Heat Islands 93

    Towards the Water Sensitive City 93

    8. City-wide Greening 95

    Bioregions 95

    Catchment Management for Clean Water 96

    Catchment Management for Ecosystem Services 97

    Regional Green Infrastructure Plans 99

    Biomass and the Bioregion 99

    Regional Ecological Networks 100

    Community Forests 101

    Green Belts 101

    Green Grids 103

    Transport 103

    Urban Heat Islands 105

    Blue Networks 105

    Masterplanning 107

    Regional Plans, Local Implementation 107

    9. Greening Neighbourhoods and Buildings 111

    Sense of Neighbourhood 111

    Living Streets 112

    Standardising the Neighbourhood 113

    Design Your Own Park 113

    A Phoenix Rises 114

    Growing Their Own 115

    Learning from Squatter Settlements 116

    Rain Gardens 117

    They Paved Paradise 118

    Clapton Park Estate 118

    People of the Trees 119

    Tree Pits 120

    Tree Trenches 121

    No Space? 122

    Energy Efficient Buildings 123

    Water Efficiency 123

    Autonomy 123

    Building-integrated Vegetation 124

    A Coat for Buildings 124

    Value of Shade 125

    Living Walls 126

    Cooling Effect of Green Roofs 128

    Green Roofs, Rainwater Attenuation and Cooling 129

    Green Roofs Need the Right Substrate 130

    Green Roofs for Biodiversity 130

    London's Black Redstart Roofs 131

    Biodiverse Green Roofs in North America 132

    Roof Gardens for People 133

    Worldwide Applications 133

    Wildlife and Buildings 134

    Rooftop Harvests 136

    10. Conclusion 137

    Interesting Times 137

    The Positives 138

    Cities and Citizens Take the Initiative 138

    Greening Requires Greenery 140

    Appendices

    I: award winning projects from IHDC website 141

    II: useful resources 177

    Notes and References 197

    Index 209