Contents
Part I : Ecology, Design, and Social Contexts: Disciplinary Voices and History
1 Ecology of the City as a Bridge to Urban Design by S.T.A. Pickett, M.L. Cadenasso, and Brian McGrath 7
2 Three Tides: The Development and State of the Art of Urban Ecological Science by M.L. Cadenasso and S.T.A. Pickett 29
3 Social Dynamics and Sustainable Urban Design by Christopher G. Boone 47
4 Integral Urbanism: A Context for Urban Design by Nan Ellin 63
5 Landscape as Method and Medium for the Ecological Design of Cities by
Joan Iverson Nassauer 79
Part II : Shared Conceptual Understanding: Four Themes for Bridging Ecology and Urban Design
Theme 1 : Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecology and Urban Design
6 Ecological Heterogeneity in Urban Ecosystems : Reconceptualized Land Cover Models as a Bridge to Urban Design by M.L. Cadenasso, S.T.A. Pickett, Brian McGrath and Victoria Marshall 107
7 Urban Patch Dynamics and Resilience: Three London urban Design Ecologies by D. Grahame Shane 131
Theme 2 : Flux of Water in the Urban Realm
8 Eco-engineering for Water: From Soft to Hard and Back by Kelly Shannon 163
9 Beyond Restoration and into Design: Hydrologic Alterations in Aridland Cities by Elisabeth K. Larson, Stevan Earl, Elizabeth M. Hagen, Hilairy Hartnett, Michelle McCrackin, Melissa McHale, and Nancy B. Grimm 183
Theme 3 : Resilience: Adaptation and Change in Urban
10 Ecological Resilience as a Foundation for Urban and Sustainability by
Jianguo Wu and Tong Wu 211
11 Slow, Moderate, Fast: Urban Adaptation and Change by Brian McGrath 231
Theme 4 : Social Actors and Agents of Urban Organization
12 Anchoring a Terrain: Landscape Beyond by Dilip da Cunha 253
13 Storyline and Design: How Civic Stewardship Shapes Urban Design in New York City by Erika S. Svendsen 269
14 Eco-Cities Without Ecology: Constructing Ideologies, Valuing Nature by
Julie Sze and Gerardo Gambirazzio 289
Part III Bridging Ecology and Urban Design Practice
15 Sponge City by Ignacio F. Bunster-Ossa 301
16 Civic Space in Regional Frameworks: Resilient Approaches to Urban Design by Jill Desimini 307
17 Aesthetic Resilience by Victoria Marshall 319
18 Anchoring Philadelphia by Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha 331
19 Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park Treatment Integrated Strategies in Natural Treatment by Kerry J. Rubin and Rowan Roderick-Jones 337
20 Just Ground: A Social Infrastructure for Urban Landscape Regeneration by Julie Bargmann 347
21Ecological and Social Linkages in Urban Design Projects: A Synthesis by J. Morgan Grove 355
Part IV Urban Design in Expanded Disciplinary and Geographical Contexts
22 The Design Process as a Framework for Collaboration Between Ecologists and Designers by Alexander J. Felson 365
23 Remixing Messages: A Call for Collaboration Between Artists and Scientists by Mary Miss 383
24 Landscape Urbanism: A North American Perspective by Alissa North and Charles Waldheim 391
25 Urbanism and Ecological Rationality by Paola Vigano 407
26 Bangkok: The Ecology and Design of an Aqua-City by Danai Thaitakoo, Brian McGrath, Suebsiri Srithanyarat, and Ying Palopakon 427
27 Disturbanism in the South Pacific: Disturbance Ecology as a Basis for Urban Resilience in Small Island States by Rod Barnett and Jacqueline Margetts 443
Part V Moving Forward
28 The Ecology of the Metacity: Shaping the Dynamic, Patchy, Networked, and Adaptive Cities of the Future by S.T.A. Pickett, Brian McGrath, and M.L. Cadenasso 463
Index 491