Making Urban Nature
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (803 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9462083177 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Making Urban Nature surveys nature inclusive design in European cities and offers practical examples and design suggestions. (Hinali Shah And Merilyn Chang Metropolis)
Many animal and plant species are now more common in cities than in rural areas. The city is a rich habitat of great biodiversity. Nature-inclusive design, which considers nature an integral part of the urban organism and an important part of a city’s quality of life (for human and nonhuman residents), is a pioneer practice that has only recently started to become part of urban planning.Making Urban Nature is an inspirational book of examples about nature-inclusive designing in European cities. Simultaneously utopian and pragmatic, it discusses the unique nature of urban habitats and calls f