Urban Ecological Design: A Process for Regenerative Places

337 Pages·2012·38.624 MB·English

by  Danilo Palazzo, Frederick Steiner

Urban
Ecological Design
A Process for Regenerative Places

Urban
Ecological Design
A Process for Regenerative Places
Danilo Palazzo and Frederick Steiner
Washington | Covelo | London
© [2011 Danilo Palazzo and Frederick Steiner]
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book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the
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Some material in this book appeared in Urban Design: Un processo per la progettazione urbana by
Danilo Palazzo © 2008 Mondadori Education S.p.A., Milano.
1st publication Mondadori Università, Milan, Italy, May 2008. Used with permission.
ISLAND PRESS is a trademark of the Center for Resource Economics.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Palazzo, Danilo, 1962–
Urban ecological design : a process for regenerative places / Danilo Palazzo and Frederick Steiner.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-59726-828-8 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1-59726-828-3 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-1-59726-829-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1-59726-829-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. City planning. 2. Urban ecology (Sociology)
3. Ecological landscape design. I. Steiner, Frederick R. II. Title.
HT166.P325 2011
307.1’216--dc23 2011026666
Typesetting by Blue Heron Typesetters, Inc.
Printed on recycled, acid-free paper
Manufactured in the United States of America
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Keywords: architecture; Battery Park City; campus master plan; charrette; Chisinau, Moldova;
ecological planning; Envision Central Texas; GIS; Ground Zero; High Point, Seattle; historical data;
land use planning; landscape architecture; Leamouth Peninsula, London; Mantua, Italy; McHarg,
Ian; Nolli maps; Orsenigo, Italy; Piano, Renzo; public participation; Regional Plan Association;
Reykjavík, Iceland; Riverside, Illinois; transects; transportation; United Kingdom; University of
Cincinnati; University of Texas at Austin, urban design; urban morphology

For
Michela, Giulia, and Anil
and
Anna, Halina, and Andrew

Contents
List of Illustrations xi
Acknowledgments xvii
Foreword xix

Introduction 1
1 Processes 25
2 Prerequisites 37
3 Knowledge 47
4 Synthesis 95
5 Options 131
6 Dialogues 167
7 Master Plan 189
8 Presentation 205
9 Details 227
10 Implementation 243
11 Conclusion 261

Bibliography 271
Index 289