Timothy Beatley is the Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities at the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, where he has taught for over twenty-five years. His primary teaching and research interests are in environmental planning and policy, with a special emphasis on coastal and natural hazards planning, environmental values and ethics, and biodiversity conservation. His books that explore these issues include Biophilic Cities, Resilient Cities, and Blue Urbanism (Island Press).

"Impressively informed and informative, exceptionally well organized and presented, clearly outline the problems while offering insightful and practical solutions, The Bird-Friendly City: Creating Safe Urban Habitats is an outstanding and unreservedly recommended contribution to personal, professional, community, college and university library Urban & Land Use Planning collections in general and Bird Field Guides and Avian Environmental studies curriculum lists in particular."

• Preface: Design of The Bird-Friendly City Chapter 1: The Benefits of Birds in a World Shaped by Humans Chapter 2: Birds in a Changing World of Cities Chapter 3: Protecting the Birds around Us: How Cities like Portland Are Nurturing Unlikely Alliances of Bird and Cat Lovers Chapter 4: Returning Home: Inspiring Work from London to Pittsburgh to Make Space for Migrating Birds Chapter 5: Replacing Habitats Lost: the Story of the Burrowing Owls of Phoenix and Efforts at Urban Relocation Chapter 6: Vertical Bird City: Singapore, Hornbills, and Beyond Chapter 7: Bird Appreciation Chapter 8: Design for Safe Passage: Cities Like San Francisco Lead the Way with Bird-Safe Buildings Chapter 9: Birds in Ravine City: Toronto’s Pioneering Work to Build Awareness and Design a Habitat City Chapter 10: Black Cockatoo Rising: The Struggle To Save Birds and Bush From a Proposed Highway Chapter 11: Birdicity: What Makes for a Deeply Bird-Friendly City and How Do We Measure It? Chapter 12: Cultivating a Bird-Caring Citizenry Bibliography

1. 5/5

   Bra för planerare och folk med trädgård/grönyta

   Mycket bra. Ger bra exempel från flera städer och projekt. Visar också mångfalden av sett man kan engagera folk och göra en förändring. Lätt läst. Hade gärna sett att den var längre med ännu fler exempel från fler länder och mer om föroreningar.

   Wilhelm

   19 december 2024

Timothy Beatley is the Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities at the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, where he has taught for over twenty-five years. His primary teaching and research interests are in environmental planning and policy, with a special emphasis on coastal and natural hazards planning, environmental values and ethics, and biodiversity conservation. His books that explore these issues include Biophilic Cities, Resilient Cities, and Blue Urbanism (Island Press).

"Impressively informed and informative, exceptionally well organized and presented, clearly outline the problems while offering insightful and practical solutions, The Bird-Friendly City: Creating Safe Urban Habitats is an outstanding and unreservedly recommended contribution to personal, professional, community, college and university library Urban & Land Use Planning collections in general and Bird Field Guides and Avian Environmental studies curriculum lists in particular."

• Preface: Design of The Bird-Friendly City Chapter 1: The Benefits of Birds in a World Shaped by Humans Chapter 2: Birds in a Changing World of Cities Chapter 3: Protecting the Birds around Us: How Cities like Portland Are Nurturing Unlikely Alliances of Bird and Cat Lovers Chapter 4: Returning Home: Inspiring Work from London to Pittsburgh to Make Space for Migrating Birds Chapter 5: Replacing Habitats Lost: the Story of the Burrowing Owls of Phoenix and Efforts at Urban Relocation Chapter 6: Vertical Bird City: Singapore, Hornbills, and Beyond Chapter 7: Bird Appreciation Chapter 8: Design for Safe Passage: Cities Like San Francisco Lead the Way with Bird-Safe Buildings Chapter 9: Birds in Ravine City: Toronto’s Pioneering Work to Build Awareness and Design a Habitat City Chapter 10: Black Cockatoo Rising: The Struggle To Save Birds and Bush From a Proposed Highway Chapter 11: Birdicity: What Makes for a Deeply Bird-Friendly City and How Do We Measure It? Chapter 12: Cultivating a Bird-Caring Citizenry Bibliography

1. 5/5

   Bra för planerare och folk med trädgård/grönyta

   Mycket bra. Ger bra exempel från flera städer och projekt. Visar också mångfalden av sett man kan engagera folk och göra en förändring. Lätt läst. Hade gärna sett att den var längre med ännu fler exempel från fler länder och mer om föroreningar.

   Wilhelm

   19 december 2024