A CITY IN BLUE AND GREEN
Peter G. Hee Limin Rowe
Oprawa:
TWARDA
Wydawca:
Springer Singapore
ISBN:
9789811395963
Opis produktu
This open access book highlights Singapores development into a city in which water and greenery along with associated environmental technical social and political aspects have been harnessed and cultivated into a liveable sustainable way of life. It is also a story about a unique and thoroughgoing approach to largescale and potentially transferable water sustainability within largely urbanized circumstances which can be achieved along with complementary roles of environmental conservation ecology public openspace management and the greening of buildings together with infrastructural improvebrdivChapter 1: Introduction. :/divdiva. Aspects of śBlue and Green :/divdivb. Singaporean Significance of śBlue and Green :/divdivc. Organization of the Book :/divdivbr/divdivChapter 2: Early Days. . :/divdiva. Geographic Setting and Control :/divdivb. Transformation and Deforestation :/divdivc. Securing Prosperity d. Interwar Interlude :/divdive. PostColonial Developments :/divdivbr/divdivChapter 3: Visions of Clean and Green :/divdiva. Onset and Rise of śClean and Green :/divb. From śGarden City to City in Nature :divc. Metaphorical Perspectives :/divdivd. Singapores Changing Metaphoric Landscape/divdivbr/divdivChapter 4: Water Resources and Independence :/divdiva. Singapores Constraints and Opportunities in Water Resources :/divdivb. Singapores Taps :/divdivc. Singapores Closed Loop System :/divdivd. StockFlow Depictions :/divdive. Sustainability Dependencies and Vulnerabilities/divdivbr/divdivChapter 5: Gardens Parks and Green Reserves :/divdiva. Botanical and Horticultural Gardens :/divdivb. Nature Reserves :/divdivc. The ABC Program :/divdivd. Park and Other Connectors :/divdive. Themes and Management Considerations :/divdivf. Towards a Biofilic Outcome :/divdivbr/divdivChapter 6: Ways Forward :/divdiva. Successful Ingredients :/divb. Public Participation :divc. Future Challenges :/divdivd. Dealing With Uncertainty :/divdivbr/divdivAppendices. :/divdiva. Sankey Diagram Background Computation :/divdivb. List of Interviews :/divdivBibliography :/divdivIndex./divdivbrProfessor Peter G. Rowe is a Distinguished Service Professor from Harvard University and was formerly the Dean of Harvard Universitys Graduate School of Design the Chairman of the Urban Planning and Design Department and the Director of the Urban Design Programs. Professor Rowes research and consulting experience are extensive diverse and international in scope. He has served as a principal investigator on projects sponsored by a wide range of U.S. government agencies and has served as an advisor to a number of cities on matters of urban design and planning including Beijing Guiyang Guangzhou Kunming Shanghai Suzhou Wuhan and Wenzhou in China: Incheon in South Korea and Barcelona in Spain. He was also a board membeWymiary: 882 gr 216 mm 279 mm
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