Greening cities : forms and functions

• Other Authors: Tan, Puay Yok (Editor), Jim, Chi-yung (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer, 2017.
• Series: Advances in 21st century human settlements.
• Subjects: City planning > Environmental aspects.; Urban parks.; Urban ecology (Biology); elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9789811041136; 9789811041112
• ISSN: 2198-2546
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 372 pages) : color illustrations

This book offers an overview of recent scientific and professional literature on urban greening and urban ecology, focusing on diverse disciplines such as landscape architecture, geography, urban ecology, urban climatology, biodiversity conservation, urban governance, architecture and urban hydrolog...

Table of Contents:

• From the Contents: Introduction
• Urban greenery and urban ecosystems
• greening of cities through an ecological lens
• Evolving paradigms in the history of greening cities
• Urban greenery as multi-functional green infrastructure
• High-rise greening
• greening the city through its buildings.