Planning – Page 5 – The Nature of Cities

Chinese (Simplified)

Chinese (Traditional)

Kurdish (Kurmanji)

Myanmar (Burmese)

Scottish Gaelic

2017 Oct

To Create a Movement to Repair & Unify our Fragmented & Disfunctional Urban Landscapes

PK Das

Asia, Awareness, Communities, Design, Development, Economics, Governance, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Sustainability, Value
2017 Sep

Ecosystems for everyone: Who should have access to the myriad benefits of ecosystem services and urban nature? Everyone. Does everyone? No. How will we achieve this moral imperative?

Isabelle Michele Sophie Anguelovski
,
Georgina Avlonitis
,
Julie Bargmann
,
Nathalie Blanc
,
PK Das
,
Marthe Derkzen
,
Maggie Scott Greenfield
,
Fadi Hamdan
,
Nadja Kabisch
,
Jim Labbe
,
Francois Mancebo
,
Harini Nagendra
,
Flaminia Paddeu
,
Steward Pickett
,
Andrew Rudd
,
Suraya Scheba
,
Marcelo Lopes de Souza
,
Hita Unnikrishnan
,
Diana Wiesner
and
Pengfei XIE

Africa, Asia, Awareness, Communities, Design, Europe, Justice, North America, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Policy, South America, Value
2017 Sep

Urban Farming for Everyone / La Agricultura Urbana para Todos

Francois Mancebo

Agriculture, Communities, Gardens, Planning, Sustainability
2017 Aug

The Tree for All Journey: Rethinking Urban Growth At the Landscape Scale

Bruce Roll

Birds, Design, North America, Parks, partnerships, Planning, Policy, Wildlife People Interactions
2017 Aug

Turning Rio Upside Down! The Baixo Rio Neighborhood Project

Cecilia Herzog

Biophilia, Communities, Culture, Design, Development, Governance, Green Infrastructure, Justice, Livability, Planning, Policy, Pollution, South America, Water, What is urban nature?
2017 Aug

Imagine an “ecological certification” for urban design. What are such a certification’s key elements?

Ankia Bormans
,
Katie Coyne
,
Sarah Dooling
,
Nigel Dunnett
,
Ana Faggi
,
Sarah Hinners
,
Mark Hostetler
,
Jason King
,
Marit Larson
,
Nina-Marie Lister
,
Travis Longcore
,
Colin Meurk
,
Diane Pataki
,
Mohan Rao
and
Aditya Sood

Biodiversity, Design, Development, Justice, Landscape, Planning, Policy, Resilience, Sustainability, Tools, Value
2017 Jul

Swiss Green Roof Standards: Experiences and Exchanges from Three Years of Practice

Nathalie Baumann

Architecture, Biodiversity, Design, Development, Green Infrastructure, Planning, Policy, Tools, Value
2017 Jul

“Immigrants Don’t Like Trees” and Other Myths of Urban Nature Management in Multicultural Cities

Camilo Ordóñez

Biophilia, Communities, Culture, Experiencing Nature, Health, Justice, Livability, Planning, Value, What is urban nature?
2017 Jul

Designing Urban Nature: The Domain of Ecologically Informed Planners or Landscape Architects?

Will Allen

Biophilia, Design, Development, Education/Knowledge/Learning, Green Infrastructure, Landscape, Planning, Resilience, Sustainability, urban design, What is urban nature?
2017 Jun

Are cities ecosystems—analogous to natural ones—of nature, infrastructure and people? Does thinking about cities in this way help us think about urban design?

Marina Alberti
,
Erik Andersson
,
Sarah Dooling
,
Paul Downton
,
Thomas Elmqvist
,
Nancy Grimm
,
Dagmar Haase
,
Dominique Hes
,
Kristina Hill
,
Madhusudan Katti
,
Francois Mancebo
,
Clifford Ochs
,
Steward Pickett
,
Stephanie Pincetl
,
Rob Pirani
,
Richard Register
,
Eric Sanderson
,
Alexis Schaffler
,
Vivek Shandas
,
David Simon
,
Jane Toner
,
Yolanda van Heezik
,
Ken Yeang
and
David Maddox

Biophilia, Climate change, Communities, Design, Development, Ecosystem services, Experiencing Nature, Health, Justice, Livability, Planning, Resilience, Sustainability, Tools, Value, What is urban nature?
2017 Jun

The Effect of Iteration on Urban Form, Part II: Iteration in an Ecosystem

Mathieu Hélie

Architecture, Biomimicry, Design, Housing, Landscape, Planning
2017 Jun

The Effect of Iteration on Urban Form, Part I: Fractals and the Creation of Complexity

Mathieu Hélie

Architecture, Design, Housing, Landscape, Planning
2017 Jun

Singapore through the Eyes of a Young Planner in Manila

Ragene Palma

Asia, Design, Education, Education/Knowledge/Learning, Experiencing Nature, Gardens, Planning, Singapore, Value
2017 May

Biophilia’s Place in an Integrated Approach to Urban Planning

Mike Wells

Biophilia, Design, Experiencing Nature, Livability, Planning, Tools, Wildlife People Interactions
2017 May

What South Asian Cities Seem to be Missing

Jennifer Baljko

Architecture, Asia, Design, Development, Green Infrastructure, Housing, Livability, Planning, Policy, Resilience
2017 Apr

Retrofitting the City: Interweaving Urban Nature for Transformative Adaptation

David Ralston

Climate change, Culture, Experiencing Nature, Green Infrastructure, Livability, North America, Planning, Resilience, Sustainability
2017 Apr

Challenges of Transitioning to Sustainable Urban Infrastructure in the Amazon Delta and Estuary

Andressa Mansur
and
Eduardo Brondizio

Communities, Disasters/Red zone, Health, Housing, Infrastructure, Justice, Livability, Planning, Pollution, South America, Water
2017 Apr

The Suburban City, Usefully Seen as a Mega-Landscape

Kevin Sloan

Design, Livability, North America, Planning, Suburbs, Sustainability
2017 Mar

How Large Parks Complete Cities

Lynn Wilson

Architecture, Design, Experiencing Nature, Green Infrastructure, Justice, Parks, Planning, What is urban nature?
2017 Mar

Bishkek: Building on Old Bones

Jennifer Baljko

Asia, Development, Governance, History, Livability, Participation/Democracy, Planning, What is urban nature?
2017 Mar

Seven Things You Need to Know about Ecocities

Paul Downton

Architecture, Biophilia, Design, Planning, Smart Cities, Sustainability
2017 Feb

Southeast Asia’s Urban Future: A Snapshot of Kuala Lumpur

Chris Ives
and
Alex Lechner

Biodiversity, Conservation, Development, Experiencing Nature, Housing, Justice, Planning, Sustainability
2017 Feb

Five Reasons to Conserve Nature in Kampala

Shuaib Lwasa

Conservation, Ecosystem services, Governance, Health, Livability, Networks, Planning, Trees
2017 Jan

Enforcing Good Corporate Governance in Disaster Risk Management is a Must

Fadi Hamdan

Climate change, Disasters/Red zone, Governance, Justice, Planning, Policy, Resilience
2017 Jan

Beyond the City

Naomi Tsur

Development, Ecosystem services, Food, Governance, Middle East, Networks, Planning, Policy, Value
2017 Jan

Linear Parks: The Importance of a Balanced, Cross-Disciplinary Design

Ana Faggi
,
Claudia Zuleyka Vidal
,
Florencia Gustelar
and
Romina Lopez

Corridors, Ecosystem services, Experiencing Nature, Livability, Parks, Planning, South America, Tools, What is urban nature?
2017 Jan

Can a City Be Sustainable?

Paul Downton

Agriculture, Architecture, Biophilia, Climate change, Culture, Design, Development, Disasters/Red zone, Ecocities, Ecological footprint, Ecosystem services, Health, Justice, Livability, Planning, Policy, Pollution, Resilience, Sustainability, Water
2016 Dec

Highlights from The Nature of Cities in 2016

David Maddox

Africa, Agriculture, Architecture, Art, Asia, Awareness, Biodiversity, Climate change, Communities, Conservation, Culture, Design, Development, Disasters/Red zone, Ecosystem services, Education/Knowledge/Learning, Experiencing Nature, Gardens, Health, Justice, Landscape, Livability, North America, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Policy, Resilience, South America, Stewardship, Sustainability, Tools, Value, Water, Wetlands/Rivers/Streams, What is urban nature?, Wildlife People Interactions
2016 Dec

Read this! 90 recommendations for the one book about (or relevant to) cities that everyone should read

David Maddox

Africa, Agriculture, Architecture, Art, Asia, Awareness, Biodiversity, Biophilia, Climate change, Communities, Conservation, Culture, Design, Development, Disasters/Red zone, Ecocities, Economics, Ecosystem services, Education, Experiencing Nature, Gardens, Justice, Landscape, Livability, North America, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Policy, Resilience, South America, Sustainability, What is urban nature?
2016 Dec

Climate Resilience Means Meaningfully Engaging Vulnerable Communities in Urban Planning Processes

Zoé Hamstead
,
Timon McPhearson
and
Adam Glenn

Climate change, Communities, Disasters/Red zone, Governance, Health, Livability, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Resilience