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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Timothy BeatleyPublisher: Island Press Imprint: Island Press ISBN: 9781642830477ISBN 10: 164283047 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 28 January 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsThis is a hopeful book, showing that there are leaders already doing the right thing for birds, with much more to be done. This should be required reading for every municipal planner and architect. -- Wildlife Activist From swift projects in England and the USA to a community saving bushland in Australia the book moves along nicely retaining your interest for what will be next .... Written about urban areas, but helpful to all with an interest in helping our birds survive the hazards we humans present them. -- The Osprey This book is clearly written from the perspective of a bird enthusiast, and the reader can feel the author's passion for birds in each sentence. Beatley does a great job of convincing the reader that birds are worth our attention and efforts to protect them. Lay readers will easily follow his writing style and language. Throughout, black-and-white photographs, showing various species, urban habitats, and actions described in the chapters, complement the text. -- Conservation Biologist Impressively informed and informative, exceptionally well organized and presented, clearly outline the problems while offering insightful and practical solutions, The Bird-Friendly City: Creating Safe Urban Habitats is an outstanding and unreservedly recommended contribution to personal, professional, community, college and university library Urban Land Use Planning collections in general and Bird Field Guides and Avian Environmental studies curriculum lists in particular. -- Midwest Book Review Bird-Friendly is exhaustive in the myriad ways we, individually and societally, can attract and sustain avian life for our enjoyment, thereby increasing the abundance and diversity of bird life. There are inspiring examples of how cities, suburbs and entire regions can become welcoming and sustainable to birds and other wildlife when the city is viewed and managed as a unique ecosystem. -- Journal of Urban Design Impressively informed and informative, exceptionally well organized and presented, clearly outline the problems while offering insightful and practical solutions, The Bird-Friendly City: Creating Safe Urban Habitats is an outstanding and unreservedly recommended contribution to personal, professional, community, college and university library Urban & Land Use Planning collections in general and Bird Field Guides and Avian Environmental studies curriculum lists in particular. -- Midwest Book Review From swift projects in England and the USA to a community saving bushland in Australia the book moves along nicely retaining your interest for what will be next .... Written about urban areas, but helpful to all with an interest in helping our birds survive the hazards we humans present them. -- The Osprey Impressively informed and informative, exceptionally well organized and presented, clearly outline the problems while offering insightful and practical solutions, The Bird-Friendly City: Creating Safe Urban Habitats is an outstanding and unreservedly recommended contribution to personal, professional, community, college and university library Urban & Land Use Planning collections in general and Bird Field Guides and Avian Environmental studies curriculum lists in particular. -- Midwest Book Review Author InformationTimothy Beatley is the Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities at the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, where he has taught for over twenty-five years. His primary teaching and research interests are in environmental planning and policy, with a special emphasis on coastal and natural hazards planning, environmental values and ethics, and biodiversity conservation. His books that explore these issues include Biophilic Cities, Resilient Cities, and Blue Urbanism (Island Press). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |