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Slow, Moderate, Fast: Urban Adaptation and Change

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Resilience in Ecology and Urban Design

Part of the book series: Future City ((FUCI,volume 3))

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The ecology of the city encompasses both the built (grey) and vegetative (green) infrastructure of the city. This chapter looks at how human actors adapt and change the built environment of the city and how these socio-cultural decisions affect urban metabolism. Three case studies are examined: Rome (slow), New York (moderate) and Bangkok (fast).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Constructed Environments, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY, 10011, USA

    Brian McGrath

  2. urban-interface.com, 60 Union St, Newark, NJ, 07105-1430, USA

    Brian McGrath

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  1. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Sharon Turnpike 2801, Millbrook, 12545-0129, New York, USA

    S.T.A. Pickett

  2. , Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Shields Avenue 1, Davis, 95616, California, USA

    M.L. Cadenasso

  3. , Sch Constructed Environments, Parsons the New School for Design, East 13th Street 25, New York, 10011, New York, USA

    Brian McGrath

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McGrath, B. (2013). Slow, Moderate, Fast: Urban Adaptation and Change. In: Pickett, S., Cadenasso, M., McGrath, B. (eds) Resilience in Ecology and Urban Design. Future City, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5341-9_11

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