Submitted by Jonathan Budd
Bioregional Approach for Making Sustainable Cities
Architecture News - Dec 09, 2007 - 12:42 7496 views
The most useful starting place for this transformed view of a city is to recognize the particular bioregion in which it is located. The vision of making cities ecologically sustainable should have a foundation in ecology itself. To accomplish this, "greening" must mean much more than just having parks with grass and trees, picking up trash in the streets, or other measures that simply make city life more pleasant. Cities must be seen as intersecting with natural systems in all of the basic functions and activities of urban life.
www.planetdrum.org/bioreg_approach_cities.htm