Resilient City

Resilient City
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Publisher : Birkhäuser
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 9783035622652
ISBN-13 : 3035622655
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Book Synopsis Resilient City by : Elke Mertens

Download or read book Resilient City written by Elke Mertens and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is one of the major challenges facing cities in the future. Landscape architecture is particularly in demand here because it offers solutions that are characterized by complexity and interdisciplinarity and contribute to the quality of everyday life. These range from green roofs and facades to urban gardening and the landscaping of large-scale protection works. This volume presents measures and plans of eleven major cities in North and South America, from Vancouver to Rio de Janeiro, to protect their inhabitants and their habitats against future storms, floods, landslides or long periods of heat and drought. Outstanding projects in the featured cities are analyzed in their geographic and climatic context. The author also addresses the social and cultural dimensions of resilience.


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