TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grant,Gary
ED  - Wiley InterScience (Online service)
TI  - Ecosystem services come to town: greening cities by working with nature 
SN  - 9781118387924
AV  - NA9053.E58 G73 2012
U1  - 711/.4 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Hoboken
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - City planning
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Sustainable urban development
KW  - ARCHITECTURE
KW  - Urban & Land Use Planning
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - City Planning & Urban Development
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Matter -- Introduction -- Origins of Cities -- Modern Cities -- Issues Facing Contemporary Cities -- Working with Nature -- Urban Nature -- Water and Cities -- City-wide Greening -- Greening Neighbourhoods and Buildings -- Conclusion -- Award Winning Projects from IHDC Website -- Useful Resources -- Notes and References -- Index -- Other Books Available from Wiley-Blackwell -- Keep up with Critical Fields; env
N2  - The need to find new approaches to the development of cities is becoming increasingly urgent in this age of continuing population growth, demographic transition, climate change, fossil fuel peak and biodiversity losses. Restoring ecosystem services and promoting biodiversity is essential to sustainable development & ndash; even in the built environment. Ecosystem Services come to Town: greening cities by working with nature demonstrates how to make urban environments greener. It starts by explaining how, by mimicking nature and deliberately creating habitats to provide ecosystem services, citie
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118387924
ER  -