عنوان

Cities and natural process /

(Number (ISBN

0203042751

(Number (ISBN

020329243X

(Number (ISBN

041512168X

(Number (ISBN

0415121981

(Number (ISBN

6610329788

(Number (ISBN

9780203042755

(Number (ISBN

9780203292433

(Number (ISBN

9780415121682

(Number (ISBN

9780415121989

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9786610329786

Erroneous ISBN

041512168X

Erroneous ISBN

0415121981

Number

b750873

Title Proper

Cities and natural process /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Michael Hough.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Routledge,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1995.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xiii, 326 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-318) and index.

Text of Note

Cover -- CITIES AND NATURAL PROCESS -- CONTENTS -- PLATES -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CREDITS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 URBAN ECOLOGY: BASIS FOR SHAPING CITIES -- THE CONTRADICTION OF VALUES -- VERNACULAR LANDSCAPES AND THE INVESTMENT IN NATURE -- ENERGY LANDSCAPES AND THE CONTEMPORARY CITY -- SOME DESIGN PRINCIPLES -- A BASIS FOR AN ALTERNATIVE DESIGN STRATEGY -- 2 WATER -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURAL PROCESSES -- URBAN PROCESSES -- SOME PROBLEMS AND PERCEPTIONS -- SOME ALTERNATIVE VALUES AND OPPORTUNITIES -- SOME CONSIDERATIONS OF DESIGN -- 3 PLANTS -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURAL PROCESSES -- URBAN PROCESSES -- PERCEPTIONS AND CULTURAL VALUES -- SOME ALTERNATIVE VALUES AND OPPORTUNITIES -- SOME ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES -- MANAGEMENT AND THE EVOLVING URBAN LANDSCAPE -- SOME DESIGN IMPLICATIONS FOR CITY LANDSCAPES -- 4 WILDLIFE -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURAL PROCESSES -- URBAN PROCESSES -- PERCEPTIONS AND VALUES -- ALTERNATIVE VALUES: SOME OPPORTUNITIES -- PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES -- 5 CITY FARMING -- INTRODUCTION -- AGRICULTURE: PROCESS AND PRACTICE -- URBAN PROCESSES -- RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES -- IMPLICATIONS FOR DESIGN -- 6 CLIMATE: MAKING CONNECTIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURAL ELEMENTS AND CLIMATE -- URBAN INFLUENCES ON CLIMATE -- PROBLEMS AND PERCEPTIONS -- ALTERNATIVE VALUES -- SOME OPPORTUNITIES -- IMPLICATIONS FOR DESIGN -- SOME CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS ON URBAN CLIMATE -- NOTES -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL THOUGHT -- GENERAL READING -- ON WATER -- Stream hydrology/storm drainage/wastewater -- ON PLANTS -- (General/naturalization/restoration) -- ON WILDLIFE -- CULTURAL/BEHAVIOUR ISSUES -- ON URBAN FARMING/RECYCLING -- ON CLIMATE/ENERGY -- INDEX.

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Text of Note

Economic and technological values have squeezed nature out of the modern city, seriously affecting our quality of life within and shaping a negative aesthetic. This offers ecological approaches to urban design which can work with nature too.

Title

Cities and natural process.

International Standard Book Number

041512168X

City planning-- Environmental aspects.

Urban ecology (Sociology)

Écologie urbaine.

Urbanisme-- Aspect de l'environnement.

City planning-- Environmental aspects.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Human Geography.

Urban ecology (Sociology)

SOC-- 015000

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Hough, Michael.

Date of Transaction

20201204103638.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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