{"title":"Herbert Girardet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHerbert Girardet\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful works focused on sustainable urban development and environmental regeneration. His books explore innovative approaches to creating cities that harmonise with nature, emphasising practical strategies for ecological restoration and responsible urban planning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in the future of urban environments and the challenges of sustainability will find his works both thought-provoking and educational. Perfect for those seeking in-depth understanding of regenerative practices within education and reference contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"creating-regenerative-cities-by-herbert-girardet-9781138458239","title":"Creating Regenerative Cities","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge, modern cities have effectively declared their independence from nature. But while they take up only three percent of the world's land surface, their ecological footprints actually cover the entire globe. Humanity is building an urban future, yet urban resource use is threatening the future of humanity and the natural world. To meet the aspirations of city people in both developing and developed countries, bold new initiatives are needed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eModern cities are an astonishing human achievement. As centres of innovation, they are humanity’s cultural playgrounds. Their communication and transport systems have developed a global reach. They are attractive to investors because they can offer a vast variety of services at comparatively low per-capita costs. But are they viable as ecological systems?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe planning of new cities, as well as the retrofit of existing cities, needs to undergo a profound paradigm shift. Mere 'sustainable development' is not enough. To be compatible with natural systems, cities need to move away from linear systems of resource use and learn to operate as closed-loop, circular systems. To ensure their long-term future, they need to develop an environmentally enhancing, restorative relationship between themselves and the natural systems on which they still depend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreating Regenerative Cities\u003c\/em\u003e is a concise, solution-oriented manual for creating regenerative urbanisation. A wide range of technical, management, and policy solutions already exist, but implementation has been too slow and too little, in large part because the kinds of holistic approaches needed are still unfamiliar to fragmented and process-driven urban policy making and governance. Herbert Girardet's 30 years of experience as an ecologist, thinker, filmmaker and consultant working around the world have created this unique combination of tried and tested best practices and policies, which outlines the fundamental shifts needed in the way we think.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605398241516,"sku":"9781138458239","price":447.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138458239-creating-regenerative-cities.jpg?v=1778130735"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/herbert-girardet.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}