Handbook of Biophilic City Planning & Design

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What if, even in the heart of a densely developed city, people could have meaningful encounters with nature? Even as parks, street trees, and green roofs are more and more appreciated for their technical products and services like stormwater reduction, from a biophilic point of view, they also facilitate experiences that give a contribution to better physical and mental health: natural elements in play areas can lessen children’s symptoms of ADHD, and adults who exercise in natural spaces can experience greater reductions in anxiety and blood pressure.
 
The Handbook of Biophilic City Planning & Design offers practical advice and inspiration for ensuring that nature in the city is more than infrastructure—that it also promotes well-being and creates an emotional connection to the earth among urban residents. Divided into six parts, the Handbook begins by introducing key ideas, literature, and theory about biophilic urbanism. Chapters highlight urban biophilic innovations in more than a dozen global cities. The final part concludes with lessons on advance an agenda for urban biophilia and an extensive list of resources.
 
As the most comprehensive reference on the emerging field of biophilic urbanism, the Handbook is very important reading for students and practitioners having a look to place nature on the core of their planning and design ideas and encourage what preeminent biologist E.O. Wilson described as “the innate emotional connection of humans to all living things.”

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