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1. The Power of Urban Nature: The Essential Benefits of Biophilic Urbanism

Author : Timothy Beatley

Published in: Handbook of Biophilic City Planning and Design

Publisher: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics

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Human beings need contact with nature and the natural environment. They need it to be healthy, happy, and productive and to lead meaningful lives. Nature is not optional, but an absolutely essential quality of modern urban life. Conserving and restoring the considerable nature that already exists in cities and finding or creating new ways to grow and insert new forms of nature are paramount challenges of the twenty-first century.

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Title: The Power of Urban Nature: The Essential Benefits of Biophilic Urbanism
Author: Timothy Beatley
Publisher: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics
Book: Handbook of Biophilic City Planning and Design
Print ISBN: 978-1-61091-822-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-61091-621-9

Copyright Year: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-621-9_1

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