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Author : Brooke Ray Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Re-thinking Urban Wastewater Landscapes written by Brooke Ray Smith and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Luana Xavier Pinto Coelho
Publisher : Frank & Timme GmbH
ISBN 13 : 3865965326
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (659 download)
Download or read book Mundus Urbano: (Re)thinking Urban Development written by Luana Xavier Pinto Coelho and published by Frank & Timme GmbH. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we enter a "Mundus Urbano", urban issues become even more central to many professions related to planning. This situation not only reinforces long identified challenges but also generates new ones for which planners from all different fields of inquiry have to re-think their own practice. This book gathers works that reflect recent challenges examined by the fresh eyes of young professionals brought together to stretch conventions towards an innovative approach to urban studies. The reader will find world-wide as well as more localised study cases in four chapters that embed the most up-to-date questions permeating the field: sociocultural production and urban space, urban governance and social challenges, contemporary planning and cooperating in the south and sustainable urban infrastructure. Each of these chapters is introduced by prominent authors such as Prof. Amos Rapoport, PhD. Jaqueline Britto Pólvora, Prof. Guiqing Yang and Cor Dijkgraaf, who have been of great importance during the course of this advanced Master studies.
Author : Mira Engler
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801878039
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Designing America's Waste Landscapes written by Mira Engler and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2004-05-31 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Author : Eric R. Claus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (655 download)
Download or read book Waste Landscapes written by Eric R. Claus and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities in North America are undergoing an organizational shift as urbanization increasingly expands outward, horizontally and diffusely. Left in the wake of decentralization and urban restructuring are sites of waste. When viewed by a culture obsessed with clean and orderly space these sites are reified as valueless entities and classified as waste landscapes. They are exiled to precincts beyond public perception. The conventional approaches to waste landscapes in urban design appear ill suited to address these emergent challenges. All too often designers prioritize centralized and technocratic methodologies that continue to reinforce dualistic processes. The designs place culture in opposition to nature, construction in opposition to landscape, and everyday space in opposition to waste landscapes. This thesis implements a multivalent approach within the domain of landscape. Landscape is no longer subjugated as supporting cultural operations. It is reframed as a constructed ground written by culture. Landscape becomes an author of an unfolding and interwoven process binding ecology and society. The thesis investigates the conditions surrounding Cincinnati's Mill Creek and how an integrative approach can reintroduce a public realm into waste landscapes and create awareness and incremental change. The integrative approach is explored at fifteen public sites along the Mill Creek that pass through the proposed Mill Creek Greenway. The parametric design strategy addresses issues of watershed health and management by introducing interventions that prioritize ecological and cultural processes over static form-based design. To foster interventions flexible to local conditions and the inevitability of change the design deploys a batch of programmatic ingredients called the kit of program, a kit of parts to unify the architectural language of the sites, an organizational framework for future interventions, and a representational focus that seeks to decouple the picturesque from landscape. At the root of the thesis problem is society's obstructed relationship to waste. To be in an environment without waste is impossible. Despite the best efforts of culture, waste has a way of moving out of the shadows and seeping back into our lives. We are surrounded by waste and the infrastructural systems created to separate us from it. Waste is not something to be eradicated. This view is too simplistic. We are what we eat and we are what we waste. Not only are we defined by our consumption but also by our wasting. Waste landscapes can be reframed and revalued through design as a constructed ground capable of dislocating the most conventional ways of seeing in society. The approach taken by this thesis seeks to recognize the diversity of forces acting within the contemporary urban landscape in a hope that a new alignment might offer innovative ways seeing, and more importantly, acting in waste landscapes.
Author : Bianca Maria Rinaldi
Publisher : Birkhäuser
ISBN 13 : 3035617201
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (356 download)
Download or read book Urban Landscapes in High-Density Cities written by Bianca Maria Rinaldi and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The positive effects of urban green spaces are well-known, ranging from the promotion of health, support of biodiversity to climate regulation. However, the practical implementation of urban landscapes is less discussed. How can we make these spaces functional, economically feasible and inclusive, especially as cities become more diverse? The publication explores strategies to reconcile the various demands, such as food production, resilience and nature conservation. Indeed, urban landscapes have to be restorative, ecological and aesthetically pleasing at the same time. This is a particular challenge in high-density cities like Singapore, Seoul or New York where space is a scarce commodity. The continuing growth of the worldwide urban population imbues the topic with a special urgency.
Author : Čedo Maksimović
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319062751
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Rethinking Infrastructure Design for Multi-Use Water Services written by Čedo Maksimović and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we approach a historic tipping point in the global trend toward urbanisation – within two decades urban dwellers will increase from 49% to 60% of the planet’s population – this book identifies and addresses a critical problem: water. The editors show how cities can shift from being water consumers to resource managers, applying urban water management principles to ensure access to water and sanitation infrastructure and services; manage rainwater, wastewater, storm water drainage, and runoff pollution; control waterborne diseases and epidemics; and reduce the risk of such water-related hazards as floods, droughts and landslides. The book explores the Multiple-Use Water Services (MUS) paradigm, offering a section on the MUS approach and a means of calculating the value of MUS systems, as well as tools and resources to support decision-making. Case studies illustrate MUS in selected urban and rural contexts. Each case study breaks out the challenges, policy framework, benefits, benchmarks, lessons learned (success and failures) and potential next steps. The contributors consider the main options for applying the Multiple-Use Water Services (MUS) paradigm, breaking down its components and offering cost-benefit analyses along with challenges and considerations for both the short and long term. Also discussed are methods by which mutual interactions of water infrastructure and vegetated areas are taken into account in the synergy of spatial planning and optimised modelling of ecosystems’ performance indicators. This method of planning should make future developments cheaper to build; their users will pay lower utility bills for water, energy and heating. These developments will be more pleasant to live in and property value would likely be higher. The brief includes a section on the MUS approach and a means to calculate the value of MUS systems, as well as provides tools and resources to support decision-making. Case studies are included to illustrate MUS in selected urban and rural contexts. Each case study breaks out the challenges, policy framework, benefits, benchmarks, lessons learned (success and failures) and potential next steps.
Author : Jesús Manuel González Pérez
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3038972002
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (389 download)
Download or read book Urban Inequality written by Jesús Manuel González Pérez and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Urban Inequality" that was published in Urban Science
Author : Frederick R. Adler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107244293
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Urban Ecosystems written by Frederick R. Adler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As humans have come to dominate the earth, the ideal of studying and teaching ecology in pristine ecosystems has become impossible to achieve. Our planet is now a mosaic of ecosystems ranging from the relatively undisturbed to the completely built, with the majority of people living in urban environments. This accessible introduction to the principles of urban ecology provides students with the tools they need to understand these increasingly important urban ecosystems. It builds upon the themes of habitat modification and resource use to demonstrate how multiple ecological processes interact in cities and how human activity initiates chains of unpredictable unintended ecological consequences. Broad principles are supported throughout by detailed examples from around the world and a comprehensive list of readings from the primary literature. Questions, exercises and laboratories at the end of each chapter encourage discussion, hands-on study, active learning, and engagement with the world outside the classroom window.
Author : Sara Orchard
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (139 download)
Download or read book Not a Drop Wasted written by Sara Orchard and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water in most urban environments is piped underground and managed as different systems, potable, stormwater, and wastewater. The management of water in these separate systems has resulted in system stresses that threaten the quantity and quality of water available in the future. This project proposes that a more holistic approach be taken when designing water systems primarily by viewing water as one system. In particular, it focuses on how landscape design can be used to create more sustainable water systems and conversely, how sustainable water design can improve the quality of neighbourhoods. A single-family home neighbourhood in Richmond, British Columbia is used as a case study to propose local and visible landscape based design solutions to water management. The design focuses on three scales of intervention, the private lot, the street and a neighbourhood park as a way to explore water design in a more holistic way. The design solutions focus on being functional, aesthetically pleasing and revealing the water system within the neighbourhood to help reconnect people with water. The solutions presented represent a starting point for how to begin to improve water management in urban areas.
Author : Ali Cheshmehzangi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819749247
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (197 download)
Download or read book Rethinking Stormwater Management through Sustainable Urban Design written by Ali Cheshmehzangi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cecil Konijnendijk
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1803925493
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Rethinking Urban Green Spaces written by Cecil Konijnendijk and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-12 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proposing and demonstrating the ways in which we need to rethink urban green spaces as cities, societies and environments evolve, renowned scholar Cecil C. Konijnendijk explores urban green spaces as essential parts of cities. Chapters offer a comprehensive look at how their roles have changed over time and will continue to do so, moving from their conventional purpose as areas for recreation to become spaces contributing to climate adaptation, biodiversity conservation and economic development.
Author : Cassidy Johnson
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1787358283
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)
Download or read book Rethinking Urban Risk and Resettlement in the Global South written by Cassidy Johnson and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental changes have significant impacts on people’s lives and livelihoods, particularly the urban poor and those living in informal settlements. In an effort to reduce urban residents’ exposure to climate change and hazards such as natural disasters, resettlement programmes are becoming widespread across the Global South. While resettlement may reduce a region’s future climate-related disaster risk, it often increases poverty and vulnerability, and can be used as a reason to evict people from areas undergoing redevelopment. A collaboration between the Bartlett Development Planning Unit at UCL, the Indian Institute for Human Settlements and the Latin American Social Science Faculty, Rethinking Urban Risk and Resettlement in the Global South collates the findings from 'Reducing Relocation Risks', a research project that studied urban areas across India, Uganda, Peru, Colombia and Mexico. The findings are augmented with chapters by researchers with many years of insight into resettlement, property rights and evictions, who offer cases from Monserrat, Cambodia, Philippines and elsewhere. The contributors collectively argue that the processes for making and implementing decisions play a large part in determining whether outcomes are socially just, and examine various value systems and strategies adopted by individuals versus authorities. Considering perceptions of risk, the volume offers a unique way to think about economic assessments in the context of resettlement and draws parallels between different country contexts to compare fully urbanised areas with those experiencing urban growth. It also provides an opportunity to re-think how disaster risk management can better address the accumulation of urban risks through urban planning.
Author : Tan Yigitcanlar
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 161692022X
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (169 download)
Download or read book Rethinking Sustainable Development written by Tan Yigitcanlar and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book investigates the role of urban, regional and infrastructure planning in achieving sustainable urban and infrastructure development, providing insights into overcoming the consequences of unsustainable development"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Jørgen Delman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811307407
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Greening China’s Urban Governance written by Jørgen Delman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines how urban stakeholders in China – particularly city governments and social actors – tackle China’s urban environmental crisis. The volume’s case studies speak to important interdisciplinary themes such as new tools and instruments of urban green governance, climate change and urban carbon consumption, green justice, digital governance, public participation, social media, social movements, and popular protest. It lays out a unique theoretical framework for examining and discussing urban green governance. The case studies are based on extensive fieldwork that examines governance failures, challenges, and innovations from across China, including the largest cities. They show that numerous policies, experiments, and reforms have been put in place in China – mostly on a pragmatic basis, but also as a result of both strategic policy design, civil participation, and protest. The book highlights how China’s urban governments bring together diverse programmatic building blocks and instruments, from China and elsewhere. Written by experts and researchers from different disciplines at leading universities in China and the Nordic countries in Europe, this volume will be of interest to researchers and students who are interested in Chinese politics, especially urban politics, governance issues, and social movements. Both students and teachers will find the theoretical perspectives and case studies useful in their coursework.The unique green governance perspective makes this a work that is empirically and theoretically interesting for those working with urban political and environmental studies and urbanization worldwide.
Author : Caroline Figueres
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113655825X
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Rethinking Water Management written by Caroline Figueres and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If water resources are to be distributed efficiently, equitably and cost-effectively in this rapidly changing world, then it is clear that current water management practices are no longer feasible. Innovative approaches are required to meet the increasing water demands of a growing world population and economy and the needs of the ecosystems supporting them. New approaches have to be employed at global, national and local levels. In Rethinking Water Management, a new generation of water experts from around the world examine the critical challenges confronting the water profession, including rainwater and groundwater management, recycling and reuse, water rights, transboundary access to water and financing of water. They offer important new perspectives on the use, management and conservation of fresh water, in terms of both quantity and quality, for the domestic, agricultural and industrial sectors, and show how a new set of paradigms can be applied to successfully manage water for the future. Caroline Figueres is Head of the Urban Infrastructure Department at UNESCO-IHE Water Education Institute in The Netherlands. Cecilia Tortajada is Vice President of the Third World Centre for Water Management in Mexico and Vice President-elect of the International Water Resources Association. Johan Rockström is Water Resources Expert at UNESCO-IHE.
Author : Lawrence A. Baker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387848916
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (878 download)
Download or read book The Water Environment of Cities written by Lawrence A. Baker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-21 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept for the Water Environment of Cities arose from a workshop “Green 1 Cities, Blue Waters” workshop held in 2006. The workshop assembled experts from engineering, planning, economics, law, hydrology, aquatic ecology, geom- phology, and other disciplines to present research ?ndings and identify key new ideas on the urban water environment. At a lunch discussion near the end of the workshop, several of us came to the recognition that despite having considerable expertise in a narrow discipline, none of us had a vision of the “urban water en- ronment” as a whole. We were, as in the parable, blind men at opposite ends of the elephant, knowinga great deal about the parts, but notunderstandingthe whole. We quickly recognized the need to develop a book that would integrate this knowledge to create this vision. The goal was to develop a book that could be used to teach a complete, multidisciplinary course, “The Urban Water Environment”, but could also be used as a supplemental text for courses on urban ecosystems, urban design, landscapearchitecture,water policy,waterqualitymanagement andwatershed m- agement. The book is also valuable as a reference source for water professionals stepping outside their arena of disciplinary expertise. The Water Environment of Cities is the ?rst book to use a holistic, interdis- plinary approach to examine the urban water environment. We have attempted to portrayaholisticvisionbuiltaround theconcept of water as a coreelement ofcities. Water has multipleroles:municipalwatersupply,aquatichabitat,landscapeaesth- ics, and recreation. Increasingly, urban water is reused, serving multiple purposes.
Author : Aurélie Choné
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315444747
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)
Download or read book Rethinking Nature written by Aurélie Choné and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary ideas of nature were largely shaped by schools of thought from Western cultural history and philosophy until the present-day concerns with environmental change and biodiversity conservation. There are many different ways of conceptualising nature in epistemological terms, reflecting the tensions between the polarities of humans as masters or protectors of nature and as part of or outside of nature. The book shows how nature is today the focus of numerous debates, calling for an approach which goes beyond the merely technical or scientific. It adopts a threefold – critical, historical and cross-disciplinary – approach in order to summarise the current state of knowledge. It includes contributions informed by the humanities (especially history, literature and philosophy) and social sciences, concerned with the production and circulation of knowledge about "nature" across disciplines and across national and cultural spaces. The volume also demonstrates the ongoing reconfiguration of subject disciplines, as seen in the recent emergence of new interdisciplinary approaches and the popularity of the prefix "eco-" (e.g. ecocriticism, ecospirituality, ecosophy and ecofeminism, as well as subdivisions of ecology, including urban ecology, industrial ecology and ecosystem services). Each chapter provides a concise overview of its topic which will serve as a helpful introduction to students and a source of easy reference. This text is also valuable reading for researchers interested in philosophy, sociology, anthropology, geography, ecology, politics and all their respective environmentalist strands.
