Now in its second volume, Regreening the Built Environment provides an
overview of physical and social environmental challenges that the
planet is facing and presents solutions that restore ecological
processes, reclaim open space, foster social equity, and facilitate a
green economy. Healing the planet requires a combination of strategies
networked across multiple scales of development, including buildings,
sites, communities, and regions. Case studies from a range of
locations in the United States, Denmark, Vietnam, Germany, South
Korea, Switzerland, France, and the United Kingdom, among others,
demonstrate how existing gray infrastructure can be retrofitted with
green infrastructure and low-impact development techniques. From this,
the author shows how a building can be designed that creates
greenspace or generates energy; likewise, a roadway can be a parkway,
an alley can be a wildlife corridor, and a parking surface can be a
garden. This new edition also includes case studies that have
successfully reconnected communities that were fragmented by unjust
planning practices and irresponsible patterns of development,
resilient design solutions in response to natural disasters, passive
design strategies that can make interior spaces more efficient and
healthier, and expanded discussions on capturing carbon, renewable
energy, agriculture, waste, public transit, and adaptive reuse,
including innovative ideas on how to reimagine the shopping mall in
the era of e-commerce. The strategies presented in this book will
stimulate discussions within the design profession and will be of
great interest to students and practitioners of environmental studies,
architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design.
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Nature, Green Space, and Sustainability
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781040126868
Publisert
2024
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter