Making Nature's City: A science-based framework for building urban biodiversity - Couverture souple

Spotswood, Erica; Grossinger, Robin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1950313034 ISBN 13 : 9781950313037

Editeur : San Francisco Estuary Institute, 2019

Synopsis

Cities will face many challenges over the coming decades, from adapting to a changing climate to accommodating rapid population growth. A related suite of challenges threatens global biodiversity, and many species face potential extinction. While urban planners and conservationists have long treated these issues as distinct, there is growing evidence that cities not only harbor a significant fraction of the world's biodiversity, but that they can also be made more livable and resilient for people, plants, and animals through nature-friendly urban design.

Urban ecological science can provide a powerful tool to guide cities towards more biodiversity-friendly design. However, current research remains scattered across thousands of journal articles and largely inaccessible to practitioners. Making Nature's City fills this gap, synthesizing global research to develop a science-based approach for supporting nature in cities. We identify seven key elements of urban form and function that work together to maximize biodiversity, and we illustrate these elements through a case study in California's Silicon Valley.

Using the framework developed in this report, urban designers and local residents can work together to link local parks, greenways, green roofs, street trees, stormwater basins, commercial landscaping, and backyards to support biodiversity while making cities better places to live. As we envision the healthier, and more resilient cities, Making Nature's City provides practical guidance for the many actors who together will shape the nature of cities.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: San Francisco Estuary Institute
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1950313034
• ISBN 13: 9781950313037
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 156
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible