Green City: The Key to Well-deserved Future. Manual on Urban Softscapes

Content:
  • The brochure reviews governmental political objectives as to urban greening. The information is presented in a rather generalised because of the higher level of consideration.
    Urban softscape for humans and environment 6
    Variety of urban softscapes 22
    Challenges and prospects of urban greening development 68
    Ideas for the future of green cities 82
    Conclusion: urban softscape as green infrastructure 92
    The purpose is a consistent (‘integrated’) policy that capitalises on synergies and allows eliminating shortcomings. Urban greening is an important component on the way towards a policy of modern, sustainable and integrated urban development. This topic is closely related to various aspects of sustainable urban development, and particularly, with the social domain, health protection, climate, civic activity, culture etc.

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    Bibliographic information:
  • Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety: Green City: The Key to Well-deserved Future. Manual on Urban Softscapes. Manual on Urban Softscapes. Berlin, 2015. 100 p.

  • Additional Information:
  • Editorial Office of the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Department SW I 7, Prof. Dr. H. Ayink, B. Hek. Ministerial information brochure

  • Date of publication:
  • 2015
  • Rights:
  • Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety

  • Contact Information:
  • Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
    Public relations office· 11055 Berlin
    E-mail: service@bmub.bund.de. Web: www.bmub.bund.de

  • Languages:
  • German
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