Dedication
Foreword. Richard T.T. Forman
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Developing a Metalogue: Ecology, Society and Design
S.T.A. Pickett, M.L. Cadenasso, and Brian P. McGrath
Section I: Ecology, Design, and Social Contexts: Disciplinary Voices and History
Chapter 1: Ecology of the City as a Bridge to Urban Design
S.T.A. Pickett, M.L. Cadenasso, and Brian P. McGrath
Chapter 2: Three Tides: The Development and State of the Art of Urban Ecological Science
M.L. Cadenasso and S.T.A. Pickett
Chapter 3: Social Dynamics and Sustainable Urban Design
Christopher G. Boone
Chapter 4: Integral Urbanism: A Context for Urban Design
Nan Ellin
Chapter 5: Landscape as Method and Medium for the Ecological Design of Cities
Joan Nassauer
Section II. Shared Conceptual Understanding: Four Themes for Bridging Ecology and Urban Design
Theme 1: Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecology and Urban Design
Chapter 6: Ecological Heterogeneity in Urban Ecosystems: Reconceptualized Land Cover Models as a Bridge to Urban Design
M.L. Cadenasso, S.T.A. Pickett, Brian P. McGrath, and Victoria Marshall
Chapter 7: Urban Patch Dynamics and Resilience: Three London Urban Design Ecologies
D. Grahame Shane
Theme 2: Flux of Water in the Urban Realm
Chapter 8: Eco-engineering for Water: From Soft to Hard & Back
Kelly Shannon
Chapter 9: Beyond Restoration and into Design: Hydrologic Alterations in Aridland Cities
Elisabeth K. Larson, Stevan Earl, Elizabeth M. Hagen, Rebecca Hale, Hilairy Hartnett, Michelle McCrackin, Melissa McHale, and Nancy B. Grimm
Theme 3: Resilience: Adaptation and Change in Urban Systems
Chapter 10: Ecological Resilience as a Foundation for Urban Design and Sustainability
Jianguo Wu and Tong Wu
Chapter 11: Slow, Moderate, Fast: Urban Adaptation and Change
Brian P. McGrath
Theme 4: Social Actors and Agents of Urban Organization
Chapter 12: Anchoring a Terrain: Landscapes beyond Urbanism
Dilip da Cunha
Chapter 13: Storyline and Design: How Civic Stewardship Shapes Urban Design in New York City
Erika S. Svendsen
Chapter 14: Eco-cities without Ecology: Constructing Ideologies, Valuing Nature
Julie Sze and Gerardo Gambirazzio
Section III. Bridging Ecology and Urban Design Practice
Chapter 15: Sponge City
Ignacio F. Bunster-Ossa
Chapter 16: Civic Space in Regional Frameworks: Resilient Approaches to Urban Design
Jill Desimini
Chapter 17: Aesthetic Resilience
Victoria Marshall with Christina Tague
Chapter 18: Anchoring Philadelphia
Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha
Chapter 19: Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park Treatment Wetland: Integrated Strategies in Natural Treatment System Design
Kerry Rubin and Rowan Roderick-Jones
Chapter 20: Just Ground: A Social Infrastructure for Urban Landscape Regeneration
Julie Bargmann
Chapter 21: Ecological and Social Linkages in Urban Design Projects: A Synthesis
J. Morgan Grove
Section IV. Urban Design in Expanded Disciplinary and Geographical Contexts
Chapter 22: The Design Process as a Framework for Collaboration between Ecologists and Designers
Alexander J. Felson
Chapter 23: Remixing Messages: A Call for Collaboration between Artists and Scientists
Mary Miss
Chapter 24: Landscape Urbanism: A North American Perspective
Alissa North and Charles Waldheim
Chapter 25: Urbanism and Ecological Rationality
Paola Vigano
Chapter 26: Bangkok: The Ecology and Design of an Aqua-City
Danai Thaitakoo, Brian McGrath, Suebsiri Srithanyarat, and Ying Palopakon
Chapter 27: Disturbanism in the South Pacific: Disturbance Ecology as a Basis for Urban Resilience in Small Island States
Rod Barnett and Jacqueline Margetts
Section V. Moving Forward
Chapter 28: The Ecology of the Metacity: Shaping the Dynamic, Patchy, Networked, and Adaptive Cities of the Future
S.T.A. Pickett, Brian P. McGrath, and M.L. Cadenasso
Index.