URBAN GREENING TECHNIQUES: AN INTRODUCTION

What is the best way to design with greenery? What are the benefits of selecting one species of tree over another, and placing it at Point A instead of Point B? Will it cost more than the benefits it provides? If you have ever asked these questions, this book is for you.

Greenery is an integral part of the sustainable planning and design ethos. Besides beautifying the environment, it can also help alleviate adverse impacts of urbanisation such as the Urban Heat Island effect. This book provides an introduction to the various technologies and techniques that facilitate the urban greening process. Each chapter introduces the concept of urban greenery at different scales (city, precinct and plant), as well as relevant methods and considerations for implementation. Assessment frameworks are provided to maximise the benefits of greenery, whilst minimising disservices associated with poor planning, execution or maintenance of greenery or greenery systems. Simple exercises and online resources are provided to illustrate how concepts from this book can be applied in practice.

This textbook is essential reading for anyone interested in urban greenery and how it can make a tangible positive impact on our built environment: from students in the architecture, landscape architecture and building construction disciplines, to urban planners, building owners, designers and facility managers who wish to make more informed choices when incorporating greenery into the urban environment during the planning, design, construction and maintenance stages.

Contents:

• Introduction:
  • How to Use This Book
• Urban Greenery:
  • Definition and Scale
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Ecosystem Disservices
  • Green Washing
• City-Scale Greenery:
  • Urban Greening Policies
  • Green Building Rating Tools
  • Measurement
  • Patch, Class and Landscape
  • Exercises
• Precinct-Scale Greenery:
  • Greenery on Ground
  • Greenery with Water
  • Greenery on Buildings
• Plant-Scale Greenery:
  • Physiological Requirements of Plants
  • Describing the Urban Environment
  • How to Measure
  • Common Profiles
  • Measurement Flow Chart
  • Exercises
• Solutions to Exercises
• City-Scale Greenery
• Plant-Scale Greenery

Readership: Students of the interior design, architecture and landscape architecture discipline, building owners and developers, designers, architects and landscape architects, horticulturists, building and facility managers, and scientists and researchers in the field of building science, landscape design, and maintainability.

Key Features:

• Provides insight into urban greening efforts from around the world
• Covers urban greenery at all scales (city, precinct and plant), with in-depth content and assessment frameworks that are specific to each scale
• Summarises relevant scientific knowledge into practical recommendations that may be applied in practice