Greening the urban habitat : a quantitative and empirical approach / David Kim Hin Ho, Univeristy of Hertfordshire, UK & National University of Singapore.

Main entry:

Ho, David Kim Hin, author.

Title & Author:

Greening the urban habitat : a quantitative and empirical approach / David Kim Hin Ho, Univeristy of Hertfordshire, UK & National University of Singapore.

Publication:

Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2020]
©2020

Description:

xxiv, 194 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Urban greenery in Singapore -- Urban greenery provision and GnPR -- Landscape design guidelines for using GnPR in Singapore -- Statistical analysis and the optimisation of the GnPR urban planning metric -- Conclusion.

Summary:

This book is a good reference book for city planners, architects and civil engineers involved in the conceptualisation, design and building of urban habitations, who aspire to increase the liveability of their cities. It introduces the Singapore Green Plot Ratio (GnPR) as an Urban Planning Metric to promote the widespread and intensive use of greenery for new and existing buildings in towns and cities like Singapore -- a former third world city that has transformed into one of the world's most liveable metropolises. Increasing urban greenery has been observed to enhance the quality of our built environment, and in turn, the quality of life of its inhabitants. The book shows readers how to do so using the GnPR, which it presents as an important urban complement of the leaf area ratio (LAI) concept, through an in-depth discussion of three key aspects of the GnPR. It proposes optimal levels of GnPR for various land-use types and how these levels are benchmarked against current levels of greenery provision; stipulates the greenery quantum which encourages the concentration of some plants, especially native trees and certain local species; and advocates the development of ecological or natural landscapes over manicured gardens. The book also discusses the impact of various levels of GnPR provision with the inevitable capital and maintenance costs of greening built environments, and how they affect the application of the GnPR guidelines.

ISBN:

9789811207242 hardcover
9811207240 hardcover

Subject:

Urban plants Singapore.
Trees in cities Singapore.
Urban ecology (Biology) Singapore.
City planning Environmental aspects Singapore.
Flore urbaine Singapour.
Arbres dans les villes Singapour.
Écologie urbaine Singapour.
City planning Environmental aspects
Trees in cities
Urban ecology (Biology)
Urban plants
Begrünung
Grünfläche
Lebensraum
Wohnkultur
Wohnsiedlung
Singapore
Singapur

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308100
Call No.: BIB 253544
Status: Available

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