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City Designed for Subtropical Living - Carrying forward the momentum from Subtropical Cities 2006 [PDF]
, 2007 At a time when cities around the world are increasingly looking and feeling the same, and similarly adding to mounting environmental crises, the Subtropical Cities conference hosted by the Centre for Subtropical Design in Brisbane a few months ago ...
Kennedy, Rosemary
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The New Student Union Building Rooftop Garden
, 2010 Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC.
Brugger, Leslie +3 more
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Urban systems of survival: Building a resilient capacity of food and housing in the city [PDF]
, 2016 As people migrate to cities in increasing numbers, infrastructure, resources and resilience becomes taxed and fragile. An urban challenge is to create a more sustainable and resilient city that can provide affordable food and housing for it’s ...
Bowes, Jeremy, Mitchell, Robert
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Urban Gardening: Cultivating More Than Just Produce [PDF]
, 2006 Report: iv, 15 pp.; ill., digital fileThe two sustainable development goals of high-density development and urban gardening have conflicted with each other in recent decades.
Zubrycki, Karla
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Urban PlanningBorders are essential in the current planning of cities since new forms of social relations are needed to support more sustainable ways of life. In this article, we present a case study of a sustainability-profiled new neighbourhood, Vallastaden in ...
Maria Eidenskog, Wiktoria Glad
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Planting Seeds of Change: Strategies for Engaging Asian Pacific Americans in Healthy Eating and Active Living Initiatives [PDF]
, 2012 This 23-page report draws on results from an innovative technique called Photovoice involving 28 community members, community-level data of 308 surveys, as well as extensive input from key stakeholders.
Noilyn Abesamis-Mendoza
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Into the Unknown: Navigating Spaces, Terra Incognita and the Art Archive [PDF]
, 2013 This paper is a navigation across time and space – travelling from 16th century colonial world maps which marked unknown territories as Terra Incognita, via 18th century cabinets of curiosities; to the unknown spaces of the Anthropocene Age, in which for
fitzPatrick, Edwina
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Elements of rooftop garden design
, 2017 This chapter focuses on the elements that must be considered when designing rooftop gardens and integrating them within buildings. Different types of rooftop gardens and how they can be integrated within existing and new buildings in order to enhance their environmental performance, better connect with their users and contribute to the amelioration of ...
Caputo, Silvio +2 more
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Energy Evaluation and Economic Impact Analysis of Green Roofs Applied to a Pilot Region in Aegean Coast of Turkey [PDF]
This paper examines the energy savings, environmental benefits, and economic impact of green roof systems applied to a “micro” region in Western Turkey.
Ayla Ogus Binatli +4 more
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Seeding the City: Land Use Policies to Promote Urban Agriculture [PDF]
, 2011 Outlines the health, environmental, and economic benefits of urban agriculture; considerations for developing relevant land use policy; legal tools for preserving plots, and other laws.
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