Their chief effort was to use the conference to organize action for securing community support for a project for downtown Adelaide, Australia. Years after, they called the project an “urban fractal” – a frac
M.P. Zari, Response to biodiversity loss caused, in Companion Encyclopedia of Geography: From Local to Global (Routledge, London, 2015) L.W. Auerbach et al., Flood risk of natural and embanked landscapes on the Ganges-Brahmaputra tidal delta plain. Nat. Clim. Chang. 5(2), 153–157 (...
While at the Safari, visitors can see and learn about many animal species who organically help with biodiversity, including resident Andean Bears, Bahia and Chui, who disperse seeds in their droppings, which can grow into the same species of plant they’ve already eaten! And birds of prey ...
The Biodiversity And Nature Markets Summit 2025 The dependence of business on nature and natural ecosystems is hard to overstate – a few years ago a report from the World Economic Forum estimated that more than half of global GDP, or about $44tn, was ‘moderately’ The dependence of ...
strategic planning, modelled (in legislative form at least) on the spatial development strategy (aka London Plan) model, with equivalent intervention powers to the London Mayor in relation to applications of potential strategic importance (the power to direct refusal or to take over as decision ...
How does being in the presence of skyscrapers make you feel? Example with low-rise building, St. Helen’s Bishopgate Church, and high-rise building in the background, London, England. As cities become more densely populated, we are increasingly building upward. What are the psychological impli...
It is mainly viewed as a crucial role in supporting the urban ecological and social systems (Alizadeh and Hitchmough, 2019; Barbosa et al., 2007), and in bridging the gap between natural environment, biodiversity, and the residents of urban areas (Jorgensen et al., 2002). With a much ...
During the talk entitled “the latest of green and blue infrastructure”, Eduardo Pimental, the Vice Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, focused on how infrastructure can be used to drive biodiversity in cities. The remarkable city of Curitiba, referenced as the most intelligent city in South ...
The strategy tofix the futureaims to increase the environmental resilience of the urban environment. The future is repaired, even before it is lost. Through the application of urban design principles the loss of biodiversity, resources and environmental quality is limited and compensated for. In and...
Similarly, Oslo's population is rapidly growing, and in order to preserve farmlands and forests, protect biodiversity from potential urban expansion and avoid an increase in car travel, the city has decided to focus on densification policies. Based on these considerations of environmental ...