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    Biophilic Cities Are Sustainable, Resilient Cities

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    Authors
    Beatley, T.
    Newman, Peter
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Citation
    Beatley, T. and Newman, P. 2013. Biophilic Cities Are Sustainable, Resilient Cities. Sustainability. 5 (8): pp. 3328-3345.
    Source Title
    Sustainability
    DOI
    10.3390/su5083328
    ISSN
    2071-1050
    School
    Sustainable Policy Institute (CUSP)
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    This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3256
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    There is a growing recognition of the need for daily contact with nature, to live happy, productive, meaningful lives. Recent attention to biophilic design among architects and designers acknowledges this power of nature. However, in an increasingly urban planet, more attention needs to be aimed at the urban scales, at planning for and moving towards what the authors call “biophilic cities”. Biophilic cities are cities that provide close and daily contact with nature, nearby nature, but also seek to foster an awareness of and caring for this nature. Biophilic cities, it is argued here, are also sustainable and resilient cities. Achieving the conditions of a biophilic city will go far in helping to foster social and landscape resilience, in the face of climate change, natural disasters and economic uncertainty and various other shocks that cities will face in the future. The paper identifies key pathways by which biophilic urbanism enhances resilience, and while some are well-established relationships, others are more tentative and suggest future research and testing.

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