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Author Downton, Paul F.

Title Ecopolis : architecture and cities for a changing climate / Paul F. Downton
Published Dordrecht : Springer, [2009]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Future city ; 1
Future city ; 1.
Contents The Ground Plan; An Epistemology for Urban Ecology; Architecture, Urbanism and Ecological Perspectives; Weavers of Theory; The Aesthetics of Ecopolis; Finding Fractals: Identifying Elements of the Ecocity; Building Fractals: Ecopolis Projects in Australia; Synthesis I: City Ecology; Synthesis II: EcoDevelopment; Synthesis III: Education, Advocacy and Activism; Synthesis IV: The SHED Sustainable Human Ecological Development; Our Cities, Our Selves
Summary Identifies key theorists, practitioners, places and philosophies and provides a solid theoretical context which introduces the concept of urban fractals. This title presents a series of design and planning tools for achieving Sustainable Human Ecological Development (SHED)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject City planning.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
City planning -- Environmental aspects
Applied ecology.
Architecture -- Environmental aspects.
Ecological and Environmental Phenomena
City Planning
urban environments.
urban planning.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Regional Planning.
Applied ecology.
Architecture -- Environmental aspects.
Sciences de la vie.
Biomédecine.
Applied ecology
Architecture -- Environmental aspects
City planning
City planning -- Environmental aspects
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781402084966
140208496X
9781402084959
1402084951
1281904198
9781281904195