Ecosystem Services Come To Town Gary Grantauth by Gary Grant(auth.) 9781118387924, 9781405195065, 1118387929, 1405195061 instant download after payment.

The need to find new approaches to the development of cities is becoming increasingly urgent in this age of continuing population growth, demographic transition, climate change, fossil fuel peak and biodiversity losses. Restoring ecosystem services and promoting biodiversity is essential to sustainable development – even in the built environment.

Ecosystem Services come to Town: greening cities by working with nature demonstrates how to make urban environments greener. It starts by explaining how, by mimicking nature and deliberately creating habitats to provide ecosystem services, cities can become more efficient and more pleasant to live in.  The history of cities and city planning is covered with the impacts of industrial urban development described, as well as the contemporary concerns of biodiversity loss, peak oil and climate change.

The later sections offer solutions to the challenges of sustainable urban development by describing and explaining a whole range of approaches and interventions, beginning at the regional scale with strategic green infrastructure, looking at districts and precincts, with trees, parks and rain gardens and ending with single buildings, including with green roofs and living walls.

Technical enough to be valuable to practitioners but still readable and inspirational, this guide demonstrates to town planners, urban designers, architects, engineers, landscape architects how to make cities more liveable.

Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–6):
Chapter 2 Origins of Cities (pages 7–22):
Chapter 3 Modern Cities (pages 23–37):
Chapter 4 Issues Facing Contemporary Cities (pages 39–53):
Chapter 5 Working with Nature (pages 55–63):
Chapter 6 Urban Nature (pages 65–79):
Chapter 7 Water and Cities (pages 81–93):
Chapter 8 City?wide Greening (pages 95–109):
Chapter 9 Greening Neighbourhoods and Buildings (pages 111–136):
Chapter 10 Conclusion (pages 137–140):
Chapter I Award Winning Projects from IHDC Website (pages 141–175):
Chapter II Useful Resources (pages 177–195):