Ecopolis : Architecture and Cities for a Changing Climate

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From 2008, for the first time in human history, half of the world's population now live in cities. Yet despite a wealth of literature on green architecture and planning, there is to date no single book which draws together theory from the full range of disciplines – from architecture, planning...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Downton, Paul F. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Series:Future city ; 1.
Subjects:
Life sciences.
Architecture.
City planning.
Applied ecology.
Climatic changes.
Environmental management.
Life Sciences.
Applied Ecology.
Environmental Management.
Architecture, general.
Climate Change.
Urbanism.
Online Access:Connect to this title online
Table of Contents:
  • Propositions, Theory and Practice
  • The Ground Plan
  • An Epistemology for Urban Ecology
  • Architecture, Urbanism and Ecological Perspectives
  • Weavers of Theory
  • The Aesthetics of Ecopolis
  • Finding Fractals: Identifying Elements of the Ecocity
  • Building Fractals: Ecopolis Projects in Australia
  • Towards a Theoretical Synthesis
  • Synthesis I: City Ecology
  • Synthesis II: EcoDevelopment
  • Synthesis III: Education, Advocacy and Activism
  • Synthesis IV: The SHED Sustainable Human Ecological Development
  • Our Cities, Our Selves.

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