Cities and Nature illustrates how the city is part of the environment, and how it is subject to environmental constraints and opportunities. The city has been t

"A compilation of essays by leading international landscape architects, city planners, urban designers, and architects about the need for ecological urban desig

Cities are often thought to be separate from nature, but recent trends in ecocriticism demand that we consider them as part of the total environment. This new c

Tim Beatley has long been a leader in advocating for the "greening" of cities. But too often, he notes, urban greening efforts focus on everything except nature

Death and Life of Nature in Asian Cities explores the encounter between two processes that are unfolding in diverse patterns across Asia—the rapid urbanizatio