ABSTRACT
Following on from the success of the first edition, Smartcities + Eco-Warriors (2010), this book is the latest innovative response on urban resilience from one of the world’s leading urban design and architectural thinkers. An ecological symbiosis between nature, society and the built form, the Smartcity cultivates new spatial practices and creates diverse forms of resilient landscapes including and beyond urban agriculture.
The notion of the Smartcity is developed through a series of international case studies, some commissioned by government organisations, others speculative and polemic. This second edition has nine new case studies, and additional ecological sustainability studies covering sensitivity, design criteria, and assessments for ecological construction plans. The book concludes with two new essays on the romance of trees and the empowering nature of resilient landscapes.
Smartcities, Resilient Landscapes + Eco-warriors represents a crucial voice in the discourse of climate change and the potential opportunities to improve the ecological function of existing habitats or create new landscapes which are considered beneficial to local ecology and resilience. It is indispensable reading for practitioners and students in the fields of landscape, urban design, architecture and environmental engineering. An inspiration to government agencies and NGOs dealing with sustainability, this work also resonates with anyone concerned about cities, landscapes, food and water security, and energy conservation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |41 pages
Urban Utopias + the Smartcity
part |248 pages
A Lexicon for the Smartcity
entry |1 pages
agritourism
entry |1 pages
agroforestry
entry |1 pages
anaerobic digestion
entry |1 pages
appropriate technology
entry |1 pages
aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES)
entry |1 pages
artificial photosynthesis
entry |1 pages
assimilative capacity
entry |1 pages
biochar
entry |1 pages
biofuel
entry |1 pages
biogeochemical cycles
entry |2 pages
biomass
entry |1 pages
bioregionalism
entry |1 pages
blackwater
entry |1 pages
boardwalk
entry |1 pages
borehole thermal energy storage (BTES)
entry |1 pages
carbon capture + storage (CCS)
entry |1 pages
carbon offset deals
entry |1 pages
carbon sequestration
entry |1 pages
cash cropping
entry |1 pages
centre of excellence
entry |1 pages
circular economy
entry |2 pages
closed system
entry |1 pages
cloud seeding
entry |1 pages
combined heat + power (CHP) + CCHP
entry |1 pages
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
entry |1 pages
concentrating solar power (CSP)
entry |1 pages
cool roof
entry |1 pages
cultivar
entry |1 pages
cultural resources
entry |1 pages
cycle station
entry |1 pages
domestic fuel cell
entry |1 pages
EarthBox
entry |1 pages
eco-warrior
entry |1 pages
ecotourism
entry |1 pages
energy bonds
entry |1 pages
Engel’s Law
entry |1 pages
enhanced geothermal systems (EGS)
entry |1 pages
environmental remediation
entry |1 pages
eutrophication
entry |1 pages
farming carpet
entry |1 pages
Gaia hypothesis
entry |1 pages
gathering wells
entry |1 pages
geo-engineering
entry |1 pages
geothermal energy
entry |1 pages
greenhouse gases
entry |1 pages
greywater
entry |1 pages
groundwater
entry |1 pages
human capital
entry |1 pages
hydroponics
entry |1 pages
industrial ecology
entry |1 pages
integrated food + waste management system (IFWMS)
entry |1 pages
inter-seasonal heat transfer (IHT)
entry |1 pages
kelp farming
entry |1 pages
landfill
entry |1 pages
lawn pier
entry |1 pages
lifelines
entry |2 pages
marine turbines
entry |1 pages
monocropping
entry |1 pages
multi-utility service company (MUSCO)
entry |1 pages
ocean liming
entry |1 pages
orchard hub
entry |1 pages
photovoltaics (PVs)
entry |1 pages
planned obsolescence
entry |1 pages
podcar
entry |1 pages
progress paradox
entry |1 pages
pyrolosis
entry |1 pages
renewable energy
entry |2 pages
renewable energy sources act (EEG)
entry |1 pages
shallow ecology
entry |1 pages
sky garden
entry |1 pages
slow food movement
entry |1 pages
smart grids
entry |1 pages
social capital
entry |1 pages
solar chimney
entry |1 pages
sound garden
entry |1 pages
sustainability
entry |1 pages
urban + peri-urban agriculture
entry |1 pages
urban beach
entry |1 pages
victory garden
entry |1 pages
volatile organic compound (VOC)
entry |1 pages
waste-to-energy (WtE)
entry |1 pages
wind power