Blue Biophilic Cities Nature and Resilience Along The Urban Coas
There is a growing recognition of the contact we need with nature to be happy, healthy and to lead meaningful lives. We need that nature daily, if not hourly, and so it must be nearby to where we live and work. This is central to the concept of ‘biophilic
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BLUE BIOPHILIC CITIES Nature and Resilience Along The Urban Coast
Timothy Beatley
Cities and the Global Politics of the Environment Series Editors Michele Acuto University College London London, United Kingdom Elizabeth Rapoport Urban Land Institute London, United Kingdom Joana Setzer London School of Economics and Political Science London, United Kingdom
Aims of the Series More than half of humanity lives in cities, and by 2050 this might extend to three quarters of the world’s population. Cities now have an undeniable impact on world affairs: they constitute the hinges of the global economy, global information flows, and worldwide mobility of goods and people. Yet they also represent a formidable challenge for the 21st Century. Cities are core drivers not only of this momentous urbanisation, but also have a key impact on the environment, human security and the economy. Building on the Palgrave Pivot initiative, this series aims at capturing these pivotal implications with a particular attention to the impact of cities on global environmental politics, and with a distinctive cross-disciplinary appeal that seeks to bridge urban studies, international relations, and global governance. In particular, the series explores three themes: 1) What is the impact of cities on the global politics of the environment? 2) To what extent can there be talk of an emerging ‘global urban’ as a set of shared characteristics that link up cities worldwide? 3) How do new modes of thinking through the global environmental influence of cities help us to open up traditional frames for urban and international research? More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/series/14897
Timothy Beatley
Blue Biophilic Cities Nature and Resilience Along the Urban Coast
Timothy Beatley School of Architecture University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Cities and the Global Politics of the Environment ISBN 978-3-319-67954-9 ISBN 978-3-319-67955-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67955-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017954972 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication
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