Overview
Urban Sustainability and River Restoration: Green and Blue Infrastructure considers the integration of green and blue infrastructure in cities as a strategy useful for acting on causes and effects of environmental and ecological issues. River restoration projects are unique opportunities for sustainable development and smart growth of communities, providing multiple environmental, economic, and social benefits.This book analyzes initiatives and actions carried out and developed to improve environmental conditions in cities and better understand the environmental impact of (and in) dense urban areas in the United States and in Europe.
Full Product Details
Author: Katia Perini ,
Paola Sabbion
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:
Width: 16.80cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 24.60cm
Weight: 0.703kg
ISBN: 9781119244967
ISBN 10: 111924496
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 03 February 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Author Information
Katia Perini is adjunct professor and postdoctoralresearch fellow at the Scuola Politecnica – Università degli Studi di Genova, Department of Architectural Sciences. Her research focuses on environmental sustainability and on integration of vegetation as means to restore the environmental quality of urban areas. She has been a guest researcher at the Delft University of Technology (CITG, Department of Materials & Environment). She was selected as a Fulbright grantee, under the Fulbright-Schuman Program, with a research project regarding the sustainability of urban areas with New York City as case study; the research was conducted at the Urban Design Lab of the Earth Institute of Columbia University (NY, USA). Paola Sabbion is lecturer and post-doc researcher at the University of Genoa, Polytechnic School, Department of Sciences for Architecture. She has researched degraded landscapes and was winner of a Research Fellowship at UrbanLab, Municipality of Genoa Urban Planning Office, with the advisory of Richard Burdett, London School of Economics. Paola works as tutor at different international workshops to the students of the Master's degree in Landscape Architecture (i.e.: Workshop: ""Grossraschen Lake District"", Cottbus (Germany), in collaboration with IBA - Internationale Bauausstellung, and Workshop: ""Mies van der Rohe: Mediterranean Cities"", in collaboration with UNIGE and UPC Barcelona). In 2012 Paola is winner of a PhD grant based on funds from MIUR (Ministero Istruzione Università Ricerca) by Italian government.
