From the Ground Up

From the Ground Up

Local Efforts to Create Resilient Cities

Sant, Alison

Island Press

03/2022

296

Mole

Inglês

9781610918961

15 a 20 dias

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Foreword: Eric Sanderson
Preface
Acknowledgements
Interviewees
Note on Illustrations
Introduction: Reimagining Our Cities
Part 1: Reclaim the Streets
Chapter 1: Places by People, San Francisco
Chapter 2: Safe Streets for Everyone, Minneapolis
Chapter 3: Making the City Accessible, New York
Essay: Building Inclusive Cities from the Ground Up by Tamika Butler
Part 2: Tear Up the Concrete
Chapter 4: Living with Water, New Orleans
Chapter 5: Watershed Planning, Portland
Chapter 6: Greenspaces for All, Philadelphia
Essay: Green Infrastructure Lessons from U.S. Cities by Mami Hara
Part 3: Plant the City
Chapter 7: Canopy Cover in the "City of Trees", Washington D.C.
Chapter 8: From Street Trees to Natural Areas, New York
Chapter 9: The Forest in the City, Baltimore
Part 4: Adapt the Shoreline
Chapter 10: Restoring Nature and Building Equity, San Francisco
Chapter 11: Growing One Billion Oysters, New York
Chapter 12: Moving Away from the Coast, Louisiana
Essay, Adapting Urban Districts to Sea Level Rise by Mimicking Natural Processes by Kristina Hill
Conclusion: A Path Forward
Endnotes
About the Author
Activism; bike paths; bike share; car-free public space; climate change; co-design; community-based planning; community garden; environmental justice; environmental stewardship; equitable park planning; floodplain management; flood vulnerability; greenway planning; greening playgrounds; guerilla tactics; habitat restoration; heat-island effect; managed retreat; micromobility; multi-modal transportation; nature-based solutions; oyster-tecture; Parking Day; parklet; pedestrian safety; pilot project; purple lining; redlining; resilience district; Safe Routes to School; stormwater management; street trees; systemic change; tactical urbanism; transportation equity; tree canopy; urban forest; urban resilience; Vision Zero; watershed planning; green infrastructure, green jobs