Regenerative Urban Design and Ecosystem Biomimicry

Informationen zum Autor Maibritt Pedersen Zari is a Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Architecture and Interior Architecture at Victoria University’s School of Architecture, New Zealand. Her areas of expertise are biomimicry, biophilia, regenerative design and the practical intersection of ecology, climate change, and biodiversity loss with urban and architectural design. Zusammenfassung This book examines and defines the field of biomimicry for sustainable design and goes on to translate ecological knowledge into practical methodologies for architectural and urban design that can proactively respond to climate change and biodiversity loss. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. A shift in architectural and urban design: cities as a medium of change 2. Incorporating biomimicry into regenerative design 3. Can built environment biomimicry address climate change? 4. Translating ecosystem processes into built environment design 5. Emulating ecosystem services in architectural and urban design: Ecosystem Services Analysis 6. Applying Ecosystem Services biomimicry to urban contexts: City Case studies (Wellington, Havana, Curitiba) 7. A wider context, reflection and evolution

Product details

• Authors: Maibritt Pedersen Zari, Zari, Maibritt Pedersen Zari
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781138079489
• ISBN: 978-1-138-07948-9
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Routledge Research in Sustainable Urbanism; Routledge Research in Sustainable Urbanism
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; NATURE / Ecology, ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, urban economics, Urban and municipal planning and policy, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Regional / urban economics