| Main Title |
Swarming Landscapes The Art of Designing For Climate Adaptation / [electronic resource] : |
| Type |
EBOOK |
| Author |
Roggema, Rob.
|
| Publisher |
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, |
| Year Published |
2012 |
| Call Number |
HT165.5-169.9 |
| ISBN |
9789400743786 |
| Subjects |
Geography ;
Regional planning ;
Architecture ;
Climatic changes ;
Humanities ;
Human Geography
|
| Internet Access |
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| Collation |
XVI, 257 p. 178 illus., 128 illus. in color. online resource. |
| Notes |
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
| Contents Notes |
Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Difficulties to Design for Climate Adaptation -- 2. Turbulence and Uncertainty -- 3. Complexity Theory, Spatial Planning and Adaptation to Climate Change -- 4. Transition and Transformation -- 5. Networks as Driving Force for Climate Design -- 6. Swarm Planning Theory -- 7. Swarm Methodology -- 8. Swarming Landscapes -- 9. Cities as Organisms -- 10. The Best City -- Index. This book advocates a fresh approach to planning that anticipates, rather than reacts to, the changes in climate currently in process. Today's spatial planning procedures rely on historical evidence instead of preparing for factors that by definition lie in the future, yet which are relatively uncontroversial: shortages of water, sea level rise and rises in average temperatures being but three examples. Arguing for more flexibility, the contributors view 'complexity' as the key to transforming the way we plan in order to better equip us to face uncertainties about our future environment. With chapters on complexity, network theory and transformation featuring prominently, contributors show how anticipatory planning protocols give us the capability to deal with sudden changes, in the same way that a swarm of bees adapts collectively to shifting environmental imperatives. The new approach is thus called 'swarm planning', and in addition to delineating this new theory, this volume provides many examples from the Netherlands and elsewhere that illustrate its practical application. |
| Place Published |
Dordrecht |
| Corporate Au Added Ent |
SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Title Ser Add Ent |
Advances in Global Change Research, 48 |
| Host Item Entry |
Springer eBooks |
| PUB Date Free Form |
2012 |
| Series Title Untraced |
Advances in Global Change Research, 48 |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Medium |
computer |
| Content |
text |
| Carrier |
online resource |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20130726230945 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
SPRINGER |
| Type |
EBOOK |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
03336nam a22005415i 45 |
