Ciudad, vegetación e impacto climático

Ciudad, vegetación e impacto climático: el confort en los espacios urbanos

Ochoa de la Torre, José Manuel

2009

Vilafranca del Penedés, Barcelona, Erasmus. 181 p.

Resumen: La vegetación, el agua y otros elementos del paisaje urbano son componentes de los espacios  exteriores y, actualmente, están siendo usados fundamentalmente con propósitos estéticos, utilitarios y recreativos. Sin embargo, desde el punto de vista funcional, las áreas verdes exteriores son, habitualmente, espacios residuales, espacios libres que quedan entre calles y edificios. El impacto de los elementos del paisaje urbano sobre el clima, el confort humano y los aspectos energéticos no se están teniendo en cuenta de forma rigurosa. Las viejas artes de crear lugares al aire libre que puedan beneficiarse de los elementos climáticos y de los recursos materiales del paisaje parecen haberse olvidado desde las últimas décadas del siglo XX. Este libro explica qué impactos puede tener el diseño confortable de espacios urbanos sobre el medioambiente, en un momento en que la conservación de la energía, el cambio climático y la calidad medioambiental de las ciudades son aspectos que no se pueden evadir más en el proceso de planificación urbana y en el diseño de nuestras ciudades. 

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Green infrastructure for landscape planning

Green infrastructure for landscape planning: integrating human and natural systems

Austin, Gary

2014

Abingdon, Oxon, Routledge. 266 p.

Resumen: Green infrastructure integrates human and natural systems through a network of corridors and spaces in mixed-use and urban settings. Austin takes a broad look at green infrastructure concepts, research and case studies to provide the student and professional with processes, criteria and data to support planning, design and implementation. Key topics of the book include: The benefits of green infrastructure as a conservation and planning tool, Requirements of ecosystem health, Green infrastructure ecosystem services that contribute to human physical and psychological health, Planning processes leading to robust green infrastructure networks, Design of green infrastructure elements for multiple uses. The concept of ecosystem services is extensively developed in this book, including biological treatment of stormwater and wastewater, opportunities for recreation, urban agriculture and emersion in a naturalistic setting. It defines planning and design processes as well as the political and economic facets of envisioning, funding and implementing green infrastructure networks. The book differs from others on the market by presenting the technical issues, requirements and performance of green infrastructure elements, along with the more traditional recreation and wildlife needs associated with greenway planning, providing information derived from environmental engineering to guide planners and landscape architects. 

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Growing greener cities

Growing greener cities: urban sustainability in the twenty-first century

Birch, Eugenie L.

Wachter, Susan M.

2008

Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press. 392 p.

Resumen: Nineteenth-century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted described his most famous project, the design of New York's Central Park, as "a democratic development of highest significance." Over the years, the significance of green in civic life has grown. In twenty-first-century America, not only open space but also other issues of sustainability—such as potable water and carbon footprints—have become crucial elements in the quality of life in the city and surrounding environment. Confronted by a U.S. population that is more than 70 percent urban, growing concern about global warming, rising energy prices, and unabated globalization, today's decision makers must find ways to bring urban life into balance with the Earth in order to sustain the natural, economic, and political environment of the modern city. These essays demonstrate how partnerships across professional organizations, businesses, advocacy groups, governments, and individuals themselves can bring green solutions to cities from London to Seattle. Beyond park and recreational spaces, initiatives that fall under the green umbrella range from public transit and infrastructure improvement to aquifer protection and urban agriculture. Growing Greener Cities offers an overview of the urban green movement, case studies in effective policy implementation, and tools for measuring and managing success. Thoroughly illustrated with color graphs, maps, and photographs, Growing Greener Cities provides a panoramic view of urban sustainability and environmental issues for green-minded city planners, policy makers, and citizens. 

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