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Summary
Summary
What if, even in the heart of a densely developed city, people could have meaningful encounters with nature? While parks, street trees, and green roofs are increasingly appreciated for their technical services like stormwater reduction, from a biophilic viewpoint, they also facilitate experiences that contribute to better physical and mental health: natural elements in play areas can lessen children's symptoms of ADHD, and adults who exercise in natural spaces can experience greater reductions in anxiety and blood pressure.
The Handbook of Biophilic City Planning & Design offers practical advice and inspiration for ensuring that nature in the city is more than infrastructure--that it also promotes well-being and creates an emotional connection to the earth among urban residents. Divided into six parts, the Handbook begins by introducing key ideas, literature, and theory about biophilic urbanism. Chapters highlight urban biophilic innovations in more than a dozen global cities. The final part concludes with lessons on how to advance an agenda for urban biophilia and an extensive list of resources.
As the most comprehensive reference on the emerging field of biophilic urbanism, the Handbook is essential reading for students and practitioners looking to place nature at the core of their planning and design ideas and encourage what preeminent biologist E.O. Wilson described as "the innate emotional connection of humans to all living things."
Author Notes
Timothy Beatley is Chair of the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning and Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities at the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, where he has taught for over twenty-five years. He is the author of many books, including Planning for Coastal Resilience, Biophilic Cities , and Green Urbanism (Island Press).
Table of Contents
List of Case Studies | p. xi |
Preface | p. xv |
Acknowledgments | p. xix |
Part 1 The Background and Theory of Biophilic Cities | p. 1 |
Chapter 1 The Power of Urban Nature: The Essential Benefits of Biophilic Urbanism | p. 3 |
Chapter 2 Understanding the Nature of Biophilic Cities | p. 13 |
Chapter 3 The Urban Nature Diet: The Many Ways That Nature Enhances Urban Life | p. 33 |
Chapter 4 Biophilic Cities and Urban Resilience | p. 41 |
Part 2 Creating Biophilic Cities: Emerging Global Practice | p. 49 |
Chapter 5 Singapore City, Singapore- City in a Garden | p. 51 |
Chapter 6 Milwaukee, Wisconsin: From Cream City to Green City | p. 67 |
Chapter 7 Wellington, New Zealand: From Town Belt to Blue Belt | p. 75 |
Chapter 8 Birmingham, United Kingdom: Health, Nature, and Urban Economy | p. 85 |
Chapter 9 Portland, Oregon: Green Streets in a River City | p. 93 |
Chapter 10 San Francisco, California: Biophilic City by the Bay | p. 103 |
Chapter 11 Oslo, Norway: A City of Fjords and Forests | p. 119 |
Chapter 12 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain: Nature in the Compact City | p. 131 |
Part 3 A Global Survey of Innovative Practice and Projects | p. 139 |
I Biophilic Plans and Codes | p. 141 |
II Citizen Science and Community Engagement | p. 145 |
III Biophilic Architecture and Design | p. 149 |
IV Restoring and Reintroducing Nature into the City | p. 173 |
V Other Biophilic Urban Strategies | p. 221 |
Part 4 Successes and Future Directions | p. 225 |
Chapter 13 Lessons from the World's Emerging Biophilic Cities | p. 227 |
Chapter 14 Overcoming the Obstacles and Challenges That Remain | p. 245 |
Chapter 15 Conclusions: Reimagining Cities of the Future | p. 255 |
Resources | p. 261 |
References | p. 265 |
Index | p. 279 |