Small Scale Urban Greening: Creating Places of Health, Creativity, and Ecological Sustainability
Loder, Angela
Small Scale Urban Greening: Creating Places of Health, Creativity, and Ecological Sustainability - New York Routledge 2020 - 250p.
Introduction: Urbanities, Nature, and Re-thinking Urban Greenspace p.1, Chapter 1: Nature, Health, Well-being and Sense of Place: what do we know? What don’t we agree on? p.15, Biological paradigm: adaptive and utility p.18, The Social Construction Paradigm: constructed, political, and relational p.30, New directions in nature, health, and well-being research p.37, Moving forward: research, policy, and practice on nature and health in cities p.39,
Chapter 2: Ecology in the margins: Green Infrastructure and stormwater management p.55, Ecosystem services, green infrastructure, and stormwater: a short history of re-thinking water in cities p.57, City-wide approaches to urban greening and stormwater: the case of Philadelphia p.61, Piece-by-piece layering and conversion: urban greening and stormwater in Toronto p.70, Small-scale urban greening and green infrastructure: reflections p.82, Links to research and moving forward p.83, Chapter 3: Meadows in the sky: a green roof case study: Introduction p.104, What do we know about green roofs, health, and well-being? P.106, Methods p.109, Results: what did they think and feel about green roofs? p.121, Implications for policy, research, and the human relationship to nature p.129, Asking the same questions in a different way: a survey p.134, Lessons learned from quantitative versus qualitative methods p.136, Conclusion p.138, Chapter 4: Reclaiming the city: vacant lots and post-industrial corridors: Introduction p.145, Marginal spaces: re-greening neglected urban spaces p.148, Case studies: Chicago and Philadelphia p.148, Post-industrial urban greening: elevated parks; Case study: Philadelphia’s Rail Park p.169; Case study: Chicago’s The 606 p.174, Small-scale urban greening, interstitial, and post-industrial space: reflections and moving forward p.181, Research and the real-world: opportunities for collaboration and change p.186, Conclusion: Policy lessons and Research Implications: Connecting urbanites to nature and re-thinking urban greenspace: Introduction p.205, Policy p.205, Review of case study conclusions p.206, Lessons learned, looking aheadp.212 Frame the issue p.214, Governance, funding, and legislation p.215, Tactical urbanism, community outreach, and research p.216, A way forward: learning by doing, adaptive planning p.217, Research context; How do we value urban nature as experienced with SSUG projects? p.219, How we experience SSUG: implications for research p.221, Education and design implications for health, well-being, and ecological sustainability p.227, Looking ahead p.232
9781138187870
Urban Planning
711.4 / LOD
Small Scale Urban Greening: Creating Places of Health, Creativity, and Ecological Sustainability - New York Routledge 2020 - 250p.
Introduction: Urbanities, Nature, and Re-thinking Urban Greenspace p.1, Chapter 1: Nature, Health, Well-being and Sense of Place: what do we know? What don’t we agree on? p.15, Biological paradigm: adaptive and utility p.18, The Social Construction Paradigm: constructed, political, and relational p.30, New directions in nature, health, and well-being research p.37, Moving forward: research, policy, and practice on nature and health in cities p.39,
Chapter 2: Ecology in the margins: Green Infrastructure and stormwater management p.55, Ecosystem services, green infrastructure, and stormwater: a short history of re-thinking water in cities p.57, City-wide approaches to urban greening and stormwater: the case of Philadelphia p.61, Piece-by-piece layering and conversion: urban greening and stormwater in Toronto p.70, Small-scale urban greening and green infrastructure: reflections p.82, Links to research and moving forward p.83, Chapter 3: Meadows in the sky: a green roof case study: Introduction p.104, What do we know about green roofs, health, and well-being? P.106, Methods p.109, Results: what did they think and feel about green roofs? p.121, Implications for policy, research, and the human relationship to nature p.129, Asking the same questions in a different way: a survey p.134, Lessons learned from quantitative versus qualitative methods p.136, Conclusion p.138, Chapter 4: Reclaiming the city: vacant lots and post-industrial corridors: Introduction p.145, Marginal spaces: re-greening neglected urban spaces p.148, Case studies: Chicago and Philadelphia p.148, Post-industrial urban greening: elevated parks; Case study: Philadelphia’s Rail Park p.169; Case study: Chicago’s The 606 p.174, Small-scale urban greening, interstitial, and post-industrial space: reflections and moving forward p.181, Research and the real-world: opportunities for collaboration and change p.186, Conclusion: Policy lessons and Research Implications: Connecting urbanites to nature and re-thinking urban greenspace: Introduction p.205, Policy p.205, Review of case study conclusions p.206, Lessons learned, looking aheadp.212 Frame the issue p.214, Governance, funding, and legislation p.215, Tactical urbanism, community outreach, and research p.216, A way forward: learning by doing, adaptive planning p.217, Research context; How do we value urban nature as experienced with SSUG projects? p.219, How we experience SSUG: implications for research p.221, Education and design implications for health, well-being, and ecological sustainability p.227, Looking ahead p.232
9781138187870
Urban Planning
711.4 / LOD