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Combines theory and practical application in urban planning in one work
Provides vivid insight through case studies and examples
Illuminates the topic of urban nature from different angles in an interdisciplinary context
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This textbook on the Green City examines urban nature as an ideal, provider of services and conceptual urban design approach. It answers important contemporary questions that arise about the ecological and cultural interactions, development and structure, and ecological performance of urban nature worldwide. The book explains what urban nature is, how it came to be, and how it evolved in the context of the natural and cultural conditions of its sites. It also describes what constitutes urban biodiversity and the role of differentiated urban nature in the Green City concept.
Theories of urban development and ecology are linked to practical applications of urban planning and illustrated with many case studies and examples. The great potentials of urban nature are shown in detail. In order to cope with or mitigate problems in the city, a targeted urban nature management adapted to the specific conditions of the different types of urban nature is needed, which includes nature conservation as well as nature design, always keeping in mind the relation to the urban dwellers.The textbook is especially addressed to students and teachers of urban planning, ecology, geography, social sciences as well as practitioners of urban design and nature conservation.
This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Die Grüne Stadt by Jürgen Breuste, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature in 2019. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done by the author primarily in terms of content and scientific terms, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation but without loss of messages. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.
Authors and Affiliations
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Society for Urban Ecology (SURE), SURE International Center Urban Ecology, University Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany
Jürgen Breuste
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Green City
Book Subtitle: Urban Nature as an Ideal, Provider of Services and Conceptual Urban Design Approach
Authors: Jürgen Breuste
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-63976-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-63975-7Published: 05 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-63976-4Published: 04 January 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 391
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 221 illustrations in colour
Topics: Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Urban Ecology, Landscape Architecture