Most of the world’s population now lives in cities. So if we are to address the problems
of environmental deterioration and peak oil adequately, the city has to be a major
focus of attention.
Ecocities is about re-building cities and towns based on ecological principles for the
long term sustainability, cultural vitality and health of the Earth’s biosphere. Unique in
the literature is the book’s insight that the form of the city really matters – and that it
is within our ability to change it, and crucial that we do. Further, that the ecocity
within its bioregion is comprehensible and do-able, and can produce a healthy and
potentially happy future.
Ecocities describes the place of the city in evolution, nature and history. It pays
special attention to the key question of accessibility and transportation, and outlines
design principles for the ecocity. The reader is encouraged to plunge in to its
economics and politics: the kinds of businesses, planning and leadership required. The
book then outlines the tools by which a gradual transition to the ecocity could be
accomplished. Throughout, this new edition is generously illustrated with the author’s
own inspired visions of what such rebuilt cities might actually look like.
Richard Register is one of the world's great theorists and authors in ecological city
design and planning. The founder of Urban Ecology and Ecocity Builders, he convened
the first International Ecocity Conference in 1990, lectures around the world, and has
authored two previous books, as well as an earlier edition of Ecocities.
of environmental deterioration and peak oil adequately, the city has to be a major
focus of attention.
Ecocities is about re-building cities and towns based on ecological principles for the
long term sustainability, cultural vitality and health of the Earth’s biosphere. Unique in
the literature is the book’s insight that the form of the city really matters – and that it
is within our ability to change it, and crucial that we do. Further, that the ecocity
within its bioregion is comprehensible and do-able, and can produce a healthy and
potentially happy future.
Ecocities describes the place of the city in evolution, nature and history. It pays
special attention to the key question of accessibility and transportation, and outlines
design principles for the ecocity. The reader is encouraged to plunge in to its
economics and politics: the kinds of businesses, planning and leadership required. The
book then outlines the tools by which a gradual transition to the ecocity could be
accomplished. Throughout, this new edition is generously illustrated with the author’s
own inspired visions of what such rebuilt cities might actually look like.
Richard Register is one of the world's great theorists and authors in ecological city
design and planning. The founder of Urban Ecology and Ecocity Builders, he convened
the first International Ecocity Conference in 1990, lectures around the world, and has
authored two previous books, as well as an earlier edition of Ecocities.
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