Making Green Cities

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 The Green City: General Concept
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   Chapter 2 The Urban Nature Concept—of What Urban Green Consists of
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   Chapter 3 The Benefit Concept—How People Can Benefit from Urban Nature
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   Chapter 4 Urban Agriculture—More Than Food Production
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   Chapter 5 Allotment Gardens Contribute to Urban Ecosystem Service: Case Study Salzburg, Austria
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   Chapter 6 Community Garden Practices in High-Density High-Rise Urban Areas in Shanghai, China
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   Chapter 7 Urban Gardening and Environmental Behavior of Urban Gardeners in Different Garden Forms in Barcelona, Spain
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   Chapter 8 Investigations on Water Utilization and Water Management Practices in Urban/Peri-Urban Agriculture of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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    Chapter 9 Edible City—A New Approach for Upscaling Local Food Supply? The Case of Andernach, Germany
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    Chapter 10 New Forms of Urban Agriculture in Metropolitan Areas: Examples from Italy
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    Chapter 11 Structure and Processes of Home Gardens in Urban Landscape: The Case of Galle, Kandy, and Jaffna Cities in Sri Lanka
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    Chapter 12 Urban Wildland—Forests, Waters and Wetlands
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    Chapter 13 Urban Forests in Megacities from the Perspective of Ecosystem Services Using the Timiryazevsky Forest Park, Moscow, as a Case Study
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    Chapter 14 Where the Rivers Were: Connecting Indigenous Blue Space to Contemporary City Design
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    Chapter 15 Sponge City Practices for Sustainable Water Solutions in China: Reflections from Two Cases
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    Chapter 16 Assessing the Impact of Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) Changes on the Biodiversity of River Ravi, Lahore—Pakistan
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    Chapter 17 Rehabilitation of Riverbanks in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires: From Research to Action
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    Chapter 18 The Influence of Vacant Land Presence on Proliferation of Invasive Alien Plant Species: The Case of Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle Var. altissima
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    Chapter 19 Forest Reserves in Urban Landscape: Case of Udawattakele and Dunumadalawa Forest Patches in Kandy, Sri Lanka
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    Chapter 20 Urban Protected Areas and Urban Biodiversity
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    Chapter 21 Bridging the People–Nature Divide Using the Participatory Planning of Urban Protected Areas
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    Chapter 22 The Nature Outside Cities: Trade-Offs and Synergies of Cultural Ecosystem Services from Natura 2000 Sites
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    Chapter 23 Urban Biodiversity Under Global Trends and Drivers—A Comparative Study of Urban Parks in Poznań (Poland) and Salzburg (Austria)
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    Chapter 24 Relationship Between Built Environment and Biodiversity in High-Density Metropolitan Areas: The Case of Shanghai, China
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    Chapter 25 Urban Greening as a Response to Societal Challenges. Toward Biophilic Megacities (Case Studies of Saint Petersburg and Moscow, Russia)
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    Chapter 26 Perceptions, Expectations, and Preferences of Istanbul Residents Related to Nature and Nature Experience
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    Chapter 27 Multifunctional Urban Green Spaces
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    Chapter 28 Relationship Between Form and Structure of Green Spaces and Uses: The Case of Parks in Buenos Aires City, Argentina
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    Chapter 29 Visitors’ Demands and the Present Supply of Recreational Services in Urban Parks in Shanghai (China)
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    Chapter 30 Urban Residents’ Preferences and Recreational Use of Urban Nature in Istanbul
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    Chapter 31 Planning Multifunctional Urban Green Infrastructure for Compact Cities in Europe
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    Chapter 32 Changes in Urban Green Infrastructure in Tabriz, Iran
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    Chapter 33 Mobile Application-Based Field Survey as a Possible Tool for Investigating Visitors’ Perception and Preferences of the Vegetation in Urban Parks
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    Chapter 34 Searching for the Perfect Balance in the Multifunctionality of Urban Green Parks
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    Chapter 35 Green Struggle—Environmental Conflicts Involving Urban Green Areas in Bucharest City
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    Chapter 36 Strengthening Social Ties and Biodiversity Through an Urban Park: 18 de Septiembre Park, La Serena, Chile