Regreening the Built Environment
Nature, Green Space, and Sustainability
Regreening the Built Environment examines the relationship between the built environment and nature and demonstrates how rethinking the role and design of infrastructure can environmentally, economically, and socially sustain the earth. In the past, infrastructure and green or park spaces have been regarded as two opposing factors and placed in conflict with one another through irresponsible patterns of development. This book attempts to change this paradigm and create a new notion that greenspace, parks, and infrastructure can indeed be one in the same. The case studies will demonstrate how existing gray infrastructure can be retrofitted wit…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-351-76479-7
- EAN: 9781351764797
- Produktnummer: 23811953
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 246 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 9'776 KB
- Abbildungen: 60 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 18 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 6 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Michael A. Richards completed a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies/Social Sciences and a Master of Architecture at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, U.S. Since this time, Michael has devoted much of his research to increasing environmental awareness in architectural education and practice and to finding a balance between the natural and built environments. Michael has worked in teaching, research, and administrative capacities at several colleges and universities, including the University of Vermont, the University at Buffalo, Buffalo State College, Erie Community College, Vermont Technical College, and the Community College of Vermont.
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