Biophilic Cities Are Sustainable, Resilient Cities
There is a growing recognition of the need for daily contact with nature, to live happy, productive, meaningful lives. Recent attention to biophilic design among architects and designers acknowledges this power of nature. However, in an increasingly urban planet, more attention needs to be aimed at...
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| description | There is a growing recognition of the need for daily contact with nature, to live happy, productive, meaningful lives. Recent attention to biophilic design among architects and designers acknowledges this power of nature. However, in an increasingly urban planet, more attention needs to be aimed at the urban scales, at planning for and moving towards what the authors call “biophilic cities”. Biophilic cities are cities that provide close and daily contact with nature, nearby nature, but also seek to foster an awareness of and caring for this nature. Biophilic cities, it is argued here, are also sustainable and resilient cities. Achieving the conditions of a biophilic city will go far in helping to foster social and landscape resilience, in the face of climate change, natural disasters and economic uncertainty and various other shocks that cities will face in the future. The paper identifies key pathways by which biophilic urbanism enhances resilience, and while some are well-established relationships, others are more tentative and suggest future research and testing. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-32562017-09-13T14:44:02Z Biophilic Cities Are Sustainable, Resilient Cities Beatley, T. Newman, Peter resilient cities sustainable cities biophilic cities There is a growing recognition of the need for daily contact with nature, to live happy, productive, meaningful lives. Recent attention to biophilic design among architects and designers acknowledges this power of nature. However, in an increasingly urban planet, more attention needs to be aimed at the urban scales, at planning for and moving towards what the authors call “biophilic cities”. Biophilic cities are cities that provide close and daily contact with nature, nearby nature, but also seek to foster an awareness of and caring for this nature. Biophilic cities, it is argued here, are also sustainable and resilient cities. Achieving the conditions of a biophilic city will go far in helping to foster social and landscape resilience, in the face of climate change, natural disasters and economic uncertainty and various other shocks that cities will face in the future. The paper identifies key pathways by which biophilic urbanism enhances resilience, and while some are well-established relationships, others are more tentative and suggest future research and testing. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3256 10.3390/su5083328 Adver, SUSTDE fulltext |
| spellingShingle | resilient cities sustainable cities biophilic cities Beatley, T. Newman, Peter Biophilic Cities Are Sustainable, Resilient Cities |
| title | Biophilic Cities Are Sustainable, Resilient Cities |
| title_full | Biophilic Cities Are Sustainable, Resilient Cities |
| title_fullStr | Biophilic Cities Are Sustainable, Resilient Cities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biophilic Cities Are Sustainable, Resilient Cities |
| title_short | Biophilic Cities Are Sustainable, Resilient Cities |
| title_sort | biophilic cities are sustainable, resilient cities |
| topic | resilient cities sustainable cities biophilic cities |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3256 |