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Subject(s)

• City planning—Environmental aspects—Case studies [Browse]
• Sustainable urban development—Case studies [Browse]
• Urban parks—Case studies [Browse]
• Urban gardens—Case studies [Browse]

Related name

• Al-Kodmany, Kheir [Browse]
• Ali, Mir M. [Browse]

Series

Routledge International Handbooks Series [More in this series]

Summary note

This handbook brings together researchers focusing on greening high-density agglomerations from three perspectives: climate change, social implications, and people's health, serving as a reference book for policymakers, practitioners, academics, and researchers to study, design, and build high-density cities by integrating green spaces.

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Contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• About the Editors
• List of Contributors
• Foreword
• Introduction: Greening High-Density Cities: Toward Sustainable and Resilient Urban Habitats
• PART I: Climate
• 1. Cities' Match-Making: Fostering International Collaboration for Climate-Resilient Twins
• 2. An Analysis of the Potential Role of Controlled Environment Agriculture in Dense Urban Developments: A Case Study of Chicago
• 3. Mitigating Climate Change: The Potential of Vertical Farming to Feed High-Density Cities
• 4. A Modular Greening Intervention in Sydney CBD: Variation and Optimization through Evolutionary Computation
• 5. Greening High-Density Texas Cities: Ecological Grounds for an Adaptive Climate Approach
• 6. Greening the Gray and Dense Center of São Paulo, Brazil: From Green Roofs to Disputed Fragments of Green Spaces
• 7. Overcoming the Planning Gap by Greening the City: From Designing for the Past to Anticipating Future Climates
• 8. Inhabiting, Expanding, and Greening: The PREVI Housing Development Approach
• 9. Juan Diaz River Basin Study Case: How to Green a High-Density City
• 10. Greening High-Density Buildings, Open Space, and Infrastructures: Circular and Regenerative Climate Actions Linking Environmental with Social Aspects
• 11. Urbanizing the Amazonian Rainforest: A Multi-Objective Urban Model for Rainforest Cohabitation
• PART II: Society
• 12. The Social Imperative of Urban Greening
• 13. Beyond Slum Upgrading: Rental Densification as a Pattern for Urban Greening in São Paulo
• 14. The Role of Green Space in Urban Growth and Social Equity in Dallas, Texas
• 15. Greening of Sociable Spaces and Buildings in Postindustrial High-Density Cities
• 16. Daily Accessed Street Greenery in High-Density Built Environments: A Comparative Study of Major Chinese Cities.
• 17. Stratified Public and Green Spaces in High-Density Urban and Hybrid Environments: A Review of Three Case Studies in Singapore
• 18. How Tall and How Green Can a Vertical Mall Be?: Case Studies of East Asian Cities
• 19. Public Green Spaces in CBDs: Reconsidering the Central Business District of Istanbul
• 20. Three Possibilities for Landscape Urbanism in Middle Eastern Cities
• 21. High-Density Green City for Socio-Environmental Sustainability
• PART III: Health
• 22. Greenspace and Respiratory Health: A Systematic Review and Analytical Framework
• 23. The Impacts of Urban Green Spaces on Mental and Physical Health in Dense Urban Settings of Chicago
• 24. Improving Population Health Through Green Space Design
• 25. The Healing Serendipity: The Therapeutic Value of Interval Biophilic Restoration in High-Density Cities
• 26. Greening Indoor Workplace in High-Density Cities: A Quantitative Study of Indoor Workplace Greenery to Improve Health and Productivity Performance
• 27. Living Tracks Chicago: The Bronzeville and Englewood Trails
• 28. A Soundscape Approach: Transformation of Negative Spaces Near Urban Transportation Corridors for Active Use
• 29. Promoting Health in Dense Cities Through Vertical Greeneries: The Case of Plant- and Tree-Covered Tall Buildings
• 30. Greenery Building: A Path to Sustainable Urban Living
• 31. Light, Air, And Views: The Underappreciated Health Benefits of Balconies
• 32. Gardens, Greenbelts, Parks, and Permanent Furniture for the City: Recovering Ebenezer Howard and Frederick Law Olmsted for Future High-Density Cities
• 33. Planning the Dense and Healthy City for All: Access to Green Spaces in Densification Projects
• Index.

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ISBN

• 1-04-003096-3
• 1-04-003094-7
• 1-003-31838-X

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