2014-10-30T07:00:00Z Urban Ecology: An Introduction seeks to open the reader's mind and eyes to the way in which nature permeates everyday urban living, and how it has to be understood, cared for, and managed in order to make our towns and cities healthier places to visit and in which to live and work. The authors examine how nature can improve our physical and mental health, the air we...[Read More]
2016-04-21T07:00:00Z 'If there is one thing we can learn from John Ruskin, it is that each age must find its own way to beauty' writes Lars Spuybroek in The Sympathy of Things, his ground-breaking work which proposes a radical new aesthetics for the digital era.
Spuybroek argues that we must 'undo' the twentieth century and learn to understand the aesthetic insights o...[Read More]
2019-03-25T07:00:00Z ?Ich liebe den Geruch von Ameisens?ure.? (Christina Gr?tz)
Sie bringen mehr Biomasse auf die Waage als alle S?ugetiere der Welt zusammen, und doch stehen sie auf der Roten Liste. Ameisen sind in Deutschland hochgradig gef?hrdet. Damit sie ?berleben, gibt es besondere Menschen: Ameisenumsiedler. Immer, wenn Bauprojekte eine Kolonie gef?hrden, treten sie in...[Read More]
2012-06-11T07:00:00Z Does going green change the face of design or only its content? The first book to outline principles for the aesthetics of sustainable design, The Shape of Green argues that beauty is inherent to sustainability, for how things look and feel is as important as how they're made.
In addition to examining what makes something attractive or emotionally ...[Read More]
2018-02-08T08:00:00Z Design, Ecology, Politics links social and ecological theory to design theory and practice, critiquing the ways in which the design industry perpetuates unsustainable development.
Boehnert argues that when design does engage with issues of sustainability, this engagement remains shallow, due to the narrow basis of analysis in design education and t...[Read More]
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2013-10-01T07:00:00Z À travers le cas du quartier durable de la caserne de Bonne à Grenoble, cet ouvrage offre un éclairage sur la généalogie politique de l'instauration du principe de mixité sociale et le recours à une nouvelle gouvernance socialement intégratrice, par le biais de la participation de la population, des acteurs associatifs et socioéconomiques, des élus, des co...[Read More]
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2014-07-15T07:00:00Z Cities in industrialised countries have grown over time, yet shrinkage of cities occurs in many regions. This process has many impacts on urban ecology, which can be observed on urban brownfield sites in particular. The integration of these sites with sustainable urban development must be managed. This presents new challenges for urban planners. The first chapters g...[Read More]
2018-05-14T07:00:00Z Mit einem Vorwort von Gerald Hüther
Die Natur ist das beste Mittel gegen Zivilisationsleiden wie Stress, Herz-Kreislaufprobleme und depressive Verstimmung. Im Wald stärken wir unser Immunsystem und unsere Organe bis zu den Zellen. Aber wie die heilende Kraft der Natur in der Stadt erleben? Waldbaden in der City? Clemens Arvay ist optimistisch. Der Biolo...[Read More]
