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The Concept Of Ecosystem Services In Adaptive Urban Planning And Design: A Framework For Supporting Innovation, Jack F. Ahern, Sarel Cilliers, Jari Niemela
The Concept Of Ecosystem Services In Adaptive Urban Planning And Design: A Framework For Supporting Innovation, Jack F. Ahern, Sarel Cilliers, Jari Niemela
Jack F. Ahern
Recent research and professional interest in planning for sustainable and resilient cities emphasizes the assessment of a broad spectrum of urban ecosystem services. While such assessments are useful to establish specific benchmarks, and for measuring progress toward sustainability and resilience goals, they do not motivate, or support the innovations required to provide specific ecosystem services as an intentional part of routine urban and infrastructure development activity by municipalities and professionals. In this context, predictions for unprecedented future urbanization and development of new urban infrastructure represent a unique opportunity to “learn-by-doing”. Significant advances in urban sustainability have recently been made through …
Performance, Appearance, Economy, And Working Method, Jack F. Ahern, Paulo Pellegrino, Newton Becker
Performance, Appearance, Economy, And Working Method, Jack F. Ahern, Paulo Pellegrino, Newton Becker
Jack F. Ahern
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Landscape Planning And Design In The Century Of The City, Jack F. Ahern, Huang Yi-Wei
Landscape Planning And Design In The Century Of The City, Jack F. Ahern, Huang Yi-Wei
Jack F. Ahern
Urbanization is expected to occur at different rates around the world but will mostly occur in the developing countries. Based on the analysis of the opportunities and challenges that global urbanization has brought to the cities, the author discusses about the urban dynamics typology, ecosystem services and functions, greenways and green infrastructure, and so on. Taking Shanghai as example, the author also analyzes the experiment values of urban sprawl, and lays expectation on the significance and trends of landscape architecture to urban sustainable development.