Cam Brewer, Herb Hammond, Sean Markey

Broschiertes Buch

Nature-First Cities

Restoring Relationships with Ecosystems and with Each Other

Beschreibung

Nature-First Cities recognizes nature as the lead architect in the most essential of restoration projects - our cities.

Autor

Cam Brewer is a lawyer and an adjunct professor with the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University. He was executive director of Smart Growth BC, ran eco-certification programs at the Canada Green Building Council and the Silva Forest Foundation, and founded a co-op that manufactured and distributed sustainable wood products. He has also served as controller for Greenpeace Canada, co-chair of the VanCity Community Foundation, and principal of an urban sustainability consulting firm. Herb Hammond is a forest ecologist and nature-directed stewardship planner. He is a co-founder of the Silva Forest Foundation, a charitable society dedicated to research and education in ecosystem-based conservation planning. Hammond is the project lead for more than 25 ecosystem-based conservation plans across Canada and elsewhere in the world. He is also the author of the award-winning Seeing the Forest among the Trees: The Case for Wholistic Forest Use and Maintaining Whole Systems on Earth's Crown: Ecosystem-based Conservation Planning for the Boreal Forest. Hammond was the recipient of the 2003 Gold Award for Sustainable Living at the Canadian Environmental Awards. Sean Markey is a certified planner and professor with the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University. His research addresses issues of sustainable planning and infrastructure, nature-based solutions, local and regional economic development, and rural and small-town planning. He has published widely in academic journals and has co-authored/edited several books. He works with municipalities, non-profit organizations, Indigenous communities, and the business community to promote and develop sustainable forms of community and regional development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of British Columbia Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9780774868648
• ISBN-10: 0774868643
• Artikelnr.: 69829831