The Bird-Friendly City - Creating Safe Urban Habitats

How does a bird experience a city? A backyard? A park? As the world has become more urban, noisier from increased traffic, and brighter from streetlights and office buildings, it has also become more dangerous for countless species of birds. In The Bird-Friendly City, Timothy Beatley, a longtime advocate for intertwining the built and natural environments, takes readers on a global tour of cities that are reinventing the status quo with birds in mind. Efforts span a fascinating breadth of approaches: public education, urban planning and design, habitat restoration, architecture, art, civil disobedience, and more. Readers will come away motivated to implement and advocate for bird-friendly changes, drawing from inspiring examples that show it's possible to make our urban environments more welcoming for many bird species.

About the author

Timothy Beatley is the Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities at the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, where he has taught for over twenty-five years. His primary teaching and research interests are in environmental planning and policy, with a special emphasis on coastal and natural hazards planning, environmental values and ethics, and biodiversity conservation. His books that explore these issues include Biophilic Cities, Resilient Cities, and Blue Urbanism (Island Press).

Summary

A global tour of cities that are implementing creative and functional ideas to protect urban birds.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy Beatley, Beatley Timothy
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781642830477
• ISBN: 978-1-64283-047-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; NATURE / Animals / Birds, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, NATURE / Birdwatching Guides, ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, Wildlife: birds & birdwatching, Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest, City and town planning: architectural aspects