2nd Edition
Regreening the Built Environment Nature, Green Space, and Sustainability
1. Introduction: a new paradigm for the built environment
2. Green principles and terminology
3. Why regreen the built environment?
4. Planning strategies and tools
5. Energy, carbon capture, food, waste
6. Transportation
7. Roadways and parking
8. Corridors and greenways
9. Buildings and rooftops
10. Adaptive reuse
11. Interiors
12. Alternative sites
13. Implementing regreening strategies
14. Conclusion
Biography
Michael A. Richards, B.S., M.Arch., Ph.D., has spent much of his career exploring ways to integrate environmental sensibility into the built environment. He has worked as a planner, designer, researcher, and teacher at several colleges and universities, including the University at Buffalo, Buffalo State University, the University of Vermont, Vermont Technical College, Erie Community College, and the Community College of Vermont. In addition to this book series, he is the author of the science fiction novel, Dream Makers, which tells the story of a distraught architecture student who can alter the past, present, and future by manipulating his dreams.
