biophilic cities

#ForewordFriday: Biophilic Cities Edition

What if, even in the heart of a densely developed city, people could have meaningful encounters with nature? The idea of a green city, a sustainable city, and even a resilient city are well-understood. Now, the emerging ideal of a biophilic city—which goes beyond green infrastructure to connect urban dwellers with nature on a deeper level—is a useful and necessary addition to the way we think about city planning and design.
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More Bugs, More Plants: A Crash Course on Biophilic Cities

Cross-posted at TheCityFix We need nature even more these days. As more people live in cities, nature offers a potent remedy to many of the environmental, economic, and emotional challenges presented by urban living. To address this, a new approach to urbanism has arisen – a “biophilic” urbanism – based on the assumption that contact with nature and the natural world is absolutely essential to modern urban life.
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Nature in Our Alleys

One key premise of our concept of Biophilic Cities is that nature is (and ought to be) all around us, nearby and readily accessible.
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Island Press Staff Picks

This week's staff pick is from Angela Osborn, Island Press' Promotions and Fulfillment Manager:
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Green Cities: Inspiration from Europe

It is fitting that I am here in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Basque country of Spain, on the occasion of the launch of our new edited book Green Cities of Europe. This beautiful city represents much of what I have come to admire about European cities and why I have spent so much of my life over the last twenty years visiting and studying them.