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996503
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b750873
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| Main Entry
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Hough, Michael.
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Cities and natural process /\ Michael Hough.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 1995.
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1 online resource (xiii, 326 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203042751
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: 020329243X
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: 041512168X
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: 0415121981
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: 6610329788
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: 9780203042755
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: 9780203292433
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: 9780415121682
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: 9780415121989
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: 9786610329786
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041512168X
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0415121981
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-318) and index.
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| Contents
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Cover -- CITIES AND NATURAL PROCESS -- CONTENTS -- PLATES -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CREDITS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 URBAN ECOLOGY: BASIS FOR SHAPING CITIES -- THE CONTRADICTION OF VALUES -- VERNACULAR LANDSCAPES AND THE INVESTMENT IN NATURE -- ENERGY LANDSCAPES AND THE CONTEMPORARY CITY -- SOME DESIGN PRINCIPLES -- A BASIS FOR AN ALTERNATIVE DESIGN STRATEGY -- 2 WATER -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURAL PROCESSES -- URBAN PROCESSES -- SOME PROBLEMS AND PERCEPTIONS -- SOME ALTERNATIVE VALUES AND OPPORTUNITIES -- SOME CONSIDERATIONS OF DESIGN -- 3 PLANTS -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURAL PROCESSES -- URBAN PROCESSES -- PERCEPTIONS AND CULTURAL VALUES -- SOME ALTERNATIVE VALUES AND OPPORTUNITIES -- SOME ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES -- MANAGEMENT AND THE EVOLVING URBAN LANDSCAPE -- SOME DESIGN IMPLICATIONS FOR CITY LANDSCAPES -- 4 WILDLIFE -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURAL PROCESSES -- URBAN PROCESSES -- PERCEPTIONS AND VALUES -- ALTERNATIVE VALUES: SOME OPPORTUNITIES -- PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES -- 5 CITY FARMING -- INTRODUCTION -- AGRICULTURE: PROCESS AND PRACTICE -- URBAN PROCESSES -- RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES -- IMPLICATIONS FOR DESIGN -- 6 CLIMATE: MAKING CONNECTIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURAL ELEMENTS AND CLIMATE -- URBAN INFLUENCES ON CLIMATE -- PROBLEMS AND PERCEPTIONS -- ALTERNATIVE VALUES -- SOME OPPORTUNITIES -- IMPLICATIONS FOR DESIGN -- SOME CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS ON URBAN CLIMATE -- NOTES -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL THOUGHT -- GENERAL READING -- ON WATER -- Stream hydrology/storm drainage/wastewater -- ON PLANTS -- (General/naturalization/restoration) -- ON WILDLIFE -- CULTURAL/BEHAVIOUR ISSUES -- ON URBAN FARMING/RECYCLING -- ON CLIMATE/ENERGY -- INDEX.
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| Abstract
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Economic and technological values have squeezed nature out of the modern city, seriously affecting our quality of life within and shaping a negative aesthetic. This offers ecological approaches to urban design which can work with nature too.
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City planning-- Environmental aspects.
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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Écologie urbaine.
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Urbanisme-- Aspect de l'environnement.
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City planning-- Environmental aspects.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Human Geography.
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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| Dewey Classification
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304.2
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| LC Classification
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HT166.H664 1995eb
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