Overview
International in scope - many ecological design examples from Europe - many from Italy
US examples include World Trade Center site and Brooklyn Bridge Park in NYC
Frederick Steiner is a leading thinker in ecological design in the US and is recognized in professional and academic circles
Addresses the timely topic of urban design and helps to define this emerging field
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About this book
This trailblazing book outlines an interdisciplinary "process model" for urban design that has been developed and tested over time. Its goal is not to explain how to design a specific city precinct or public space, but to describe useful steps to approach the transformation of urban spaces. Urban Ecological Design illustrates the different stages in which the process is organized, using theories, techniques, images, and case studies. In essence, it presents a "how-to" method to transform the urban landscape that is thoroughly informed by theory and practice.
The authors note that urban design is viewed as an interface between different disciplines. They describe the field as "peacefully overrun, invaded, and occupied" by city planners, architects, engineers, and landscape architects (with developers and politicians frequently joining in). They suggest that environmental concerns demand the consideration of ecology and sustainability issues in urban design. It is, after all, the urban designer who helps to orchestrate human relationships with other living organisms in the built environment.
The overall objective of the book is to reinforce the role of the urban designer as an honest broker and promoter of design processes and as an active agent of social creativity in the production of the public realm.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Urban Ecological Design
Book Subtitle: A Process for Regenerative Places
Authors: Danilo Palazzo, Frederick Steiner
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-226-6
Publisher: Island Press Washington, DC
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Danilo Palazzo and Frederick Steiner 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-61091-226-6Published: 18 April 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 300
Topics: Environmental Management, Urbanism, Cities, Countries, Regions, Design, general, Urban Ecology
