Handbook of Biophilic City Planning & Design

“Ecological urbanism has taken root and blossomed over the past four decades. Tim Beatley’s Handbook of Biophilic City Planning Design gathers the fruits of that movement: a rich cornucopia of inspiring projects and practices from across the globe, which are models for all cities.”–Anne Whiston Spirn, author of “The Granite Garden: Urban Nature and Human Design”“Practical, passionate, and packed with ideas and advice, the Handbook of Biophilic City Planning Design is a must for anyone looking to transform urban environments into better, more livable places.”– “Civil Engineering”“The Handbook is truly inspiring, and Beatley adeptly conveys the importance of biophilic planning design on multiple levels, giving a biophilic vision for students, researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to image as possible futures.”– “Journal of Planning Education and Research”“The projects in the Handbook of Biophilic City Planning and Design certainly demonstrate good efforts to re-introduce us to natural environment and to give us a reason to care about what happens to it.”– “Spacing Vancouver”

Timothy Beatley is Chair of the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning and Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities at the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, where he has taught for over twenty-five years. He is the author of many books including Planning for Coastal Resilience, Biophilic Cities, and Green Urbanism (Island Press).