Human-environmental interactions in cities : challenges and opportunities of urban land use planning and green infrastructure /

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Imprint:Newcastle Upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pr Ltd, 2014.
Description:viii, 165 pages : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10042521
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Other authors / contributors:Kabisch, Nadja, editor.
Larondelle, Neele, editor.
Reeve, Angela, editor.
Artmann, Martina, editor.
ISBN:1443858951
9781443858953
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Urban Laud Use Conflicts and Green Infrastructure
  • Chapter 1. Engaging Decision Makers in the Business Case for Biophilic Urbanism
  • Chapter 2. Considering Research Enquiry into Biophilic Urbanism and Office Worker Productivity
  • Chapter 3. Premises for the Developmental Principles of Green Infrastructure, a Case Study: Lodz City, Poland
  • Chapter 4. Urban Ecosystem Services in Berlin, Germany and Salzburg, Austria: Climate Regulation and Recreation Function
  • Part 2. Human-Species Interactions: Challenges on Biodiversity in Cities
  • Chapter 5. The Urban Garden: A Centre of Interactions between People and Biodiversity
  • Chapter 6. Supporting Awareness of Urban Biodiversity: School Garden, Schoolyard and School Surrounding
  • Chapter 7. Allergenic Potential of Street Trees in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Chapter 8. Correlation between Environmental Traits and Physiological State of the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus L.) as a Model of Urban Species
  • Contributors
  • Index