TY - BOOK AU - Grant,Gary ED - Wiley InterScience (Online service) TI - Ecosystem services come to town: greening cities by working with nature SN - 9781118387924 AV - NA9053.E58 G73 2012 U1 - 711/.4 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Hoboken PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - City planning KW - Environmental aspects KW - Sustainable urban development KW - ARCHITECTURE KW - Urban & Land Use Planning KW - bisacsh KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Public Policy KW - City Planning & Urban Development KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Matter -- Introduction -- Origins of Cities -- Modern Cities -- Issues Facing Contemporary Cities -- Working with Nature -- Urban Nature -- Water and Cities -- City-wide Greening -- Greening Neighbourhoods and Buildings -- Conclusion -- Award Winning Projects from IHDC Website -- Useful Resources -- Notes and References -- Index -- Other Books Available from Wiley-Blackwell -- Keep up with Critical Fields N2 - The need to find new approaches to the development of cities is becoming increasingly urgent in this age of continuing population growth, demographic transition, climate change, fossil fuel peak and biodiversity losses. Restoring ecosystem services and promoting biodiversity is essential to sustainable development & ndash; even in the built environment. Ecosystem Services come to Town: greening cities by working with nature demonstrates how to make urban environments greener. It starts by explaining how, by mimicking nature and deliberately creating habitats to provide ecosystem services, citie UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118387924 ER -