Overview
- Proposes new concepts for urban planning with nature-based solutions
- Highlights Biocities as part of a circular Bioeconomy
- Relevant for the UN's Sustainable Development Goal SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Part of the book series: Future City (FUCI, volume 20)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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About this book
This edited volume centers around the concept of BioCities, which aim to unify nature and urban spaces in order to reverse the effects of global climate change and inequity. Following this principle, the authors propose multiple approaches for sustainable city growth. The discussed concepts are not only relevant for newly constructed cities, but offer transformative perspectives for existing settlements as well.
Placing nature at the forefront of city planning is not an entirely new concept, so the authors build on established ideas like the garden city, green city, eco-city, or smart city. All chapters aim to highlight aspects to develop a city that is a resilient nature-based socio-ecological system. Many of these concepts were formed in an effort to copy the best traits of a forest ecosystem: a home for many different species that build complex communities. Much like many of our forests, urban areas are managed by humans for multifunctional purposes, using living and abiotic components. This viewpoint helps to understand the potential and limitations of sustainable growth.
With these chapters, the authors want to inspire planners, ecologists, urban foresters and decision makers of the future.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transforming Biocities
Book Subtitle: Designing Urban Spaces Inspired by Nature
Editors: Giuseppe E. Scarascia-Mugnozza, Vicente Guallart, Fabio Salbitano, Giovanna Ottaviani Aalmo, Stefano Boeri
Series Title: Future City
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29466-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-29465-5Published: 07 July 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-29468-6Due: 07 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-29466-2Published: 06 July 2023
Series ISSN: 1876-0899
Series E-ISSN: 1876-0880
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 304
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 54 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Ecology, Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings, Biodiversity, Forestry