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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

10. San Francisco, California: Biophilic City by the Bay

Author : Timothy Beatley

Published in: Handbook of Biophilic City Planning and Design

Publisher: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics

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Abstract

San Francisco has often been understood as the gold standard when it comes to sustainable cities. It has an impressive waste recycling rate (currently exceeding 80 percent in its landfill diversion rate) and has set the ambitious goal of reaching zero waste. It has a long history of supporting solar and renewable energy and has formally adopted the precautionary principle, using it to do such things as shift away from the use of pesticides and herbicides for vegetation management in its parks and natural areas. It has also has been participating in our Biophilic Cities Project as a partner city for several years.

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Literature
go back to reference Beatley, Timothy. 2011. Biophilic Cities: Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning. Washington, DC: Island Press.CrossRef Beatley, Timothy. 2011. Biophilic Cities: Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning. Washington, DC: Island Press.CrossRef
Metadata
Title
San Francisco, California: Biophilic City by the Bay
Author
Timothy Beatley
Copyright Year
2016
Publisher
Island Press/Center for Resource Economics
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-621-9_10