The bird-friendly city : creating safe urban habitats / Timothy Beatley.
"In The Bird-Friendly City, Timothy Beatley, a longtime advocate for intertwining the built and natural environments, takes readers on a global tour of cities that are reinventing the status quo with birds in mind. Efforts span a fascinating breadth of approaches: public education, urban planning an...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Island Press,
[2020]
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- The benefits of birds in a world shaped by humans
- Birds in a changing world
- Protecting the birds around us: How cities such as Portland are nurturing unlikely alliances of bird and cat lovers
- Returning home: Inspiring work from London to Pittsburgh to make space for migrating swifts
- Replacing habitats lost: The story of the burrowing owls of Phoenix and efforts at urban relocation
- Vertical bird city: Singapore, hornbills, and beyond
- Bird appreciation: Changing perceptions of urban birds
- Design for safe passage: Cities such as San Francisco lead the way with bird-safe buildings and design
- Birds in Ravine City: Toronto's pioneering work to build awareness and design a habitat city
- Black cockatoo rising: The struggle to save birds and bush from a proposed highway
- Birdcity: What makes for a deeply bird-friendly city, and how do we measure it?
- Cultivating a bird-caring citizenry.