Biodiversity of Plant Species in Tehran Megapolis
Author: Ahmad Ghahreman
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 200
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9789640343821
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Farideh Attar
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 1176
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard T. T. Forman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-02-07
Total Pages: 637
ISBN-13: 1107199131
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA pioneering book highlighting the dynamic environmental dimensions of towns and villages and spatial connections with surrounding land.
Author: John W. Dover
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-07-16
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 1136330747
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith more than half of the world's population now living in urban areas, it is vitally important that towns and cities are healthy places to live. The principal aim of this book is to synthesize the disparate literature on the use of vegetation in the built environment and its multifunctional benefits to humans. The author reviews issues such as: contact with wildlife and its immediate and long-term effects on psychological and physical wellbeing; the role of vegetation in removing health-damaging pollutants from the air; green roofs and green walls, which provide insulation, reduce energy use and decrease the carbon footprint of buildings; and structural vegetation such as street trees, providing shading and air circulation whilst also helping to stop flash-floods through surface drainage. Examples are used throughout to illustrate the practical use of vegetation to improve the urban environment and deliver ecosystem services. Whilst the underlying theme is the value of biodiversity, the emphasis is less on existing high-value green spaces (such as nature reserves, parks and gardens), than on the sealed surfaces of urban areas (building surfaces, roads, car parks, plazas, etc.). The book shows how these, and the spaces they encapsulate, can be modified to meet current and future environmental challenges including climate change. The value of existing green space is also covered to provide a comprehensive textbook of international relevance.
Author: Colin Mason
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-06-17
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1136555110
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe clock is relentlessly ticking! Our world teeters on a knife-edge between a peaceful and prosperous future for all, and a dark winter of death and destruction that threatens to smother the light of civilization. Within 30 years, in the 2030 decade, six powerful 'drivers' will converge with unprecedented force in a statistical spike that could tear humanity apart and plunge the world into a new Dark Age. Depleted fuel supplies, massive population growth, poverty, global climate change, famine, growing water shortages and international lawlessness are on a crash course with potentially catastrophic consequences. In the face of both doomsaying and denial over the state of our world, Colin Mason cuts through the rhetoric and reams of conflicting data to muster the evidence to illustrate a broad picture of the world as it is, and our possible futures. Ultimately his message is clear; we must act decisively, collectively and immediately to alter the trajectory of humanity away from catastrophe. Offering over 100 priorities for immediate action, The 2030 Spike serves as a guidebook for humanity through the treacherous minefields and wastelands ahead to a bright, peaceful and prosperous future in which all humans have the opportunity to thrive and build a better civilization. This book is powerful and essential reading for all people concerned with the future of humanity and planet earth.
Author: Nigel Dunnett
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Published: 2019
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780993389269
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers an exciting alternative to traditional garden making. Rich in plants, sustainable and good for the environment, naturalistic gardens are also beautiful, upliftning places that resonate with the energy of the natural world - but they can be challenging to get right.
Author: marina Alberti
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2007-12-20
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 0387755101
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis groundbreaking work is an attempt at providing a conceptual framework to synthesize urban and ecological dynamics into a common framework. The greatest challenge for urban ecologists in the next few decades is to understand the role humans play in urban ecosystems. The development of an integrated urban ecological approach is crucial to advance ecological research and to help planners and managers solve complex urban environmental issues. This book is a major step forward.