BACKGROUND Assessing neighborhood vitality is important to understanding how to improve quality of life and health outcomes. The ecocity model recognizes that cities are part of natural systems and favors walkable neighborhoods. This article introduces ecocity mapping, an innovative planning method, to the public health literature on community engagement by describing a pilot project with a new...

Designing an ecologically responsible EcoCity of 550,000 people begins by confining it to 8500 ha, which spares surrounding land for farming and for Nature. Because an American diet requires 126,000 ha and even a survival diet needs more cropland than can be found inside its boundaries, EcoCity will cast shadows of farming outside its limits. EcoCitizens will cast wider shadows if farmers grow ...

ABSTRACTCity growth that continues to occur is unavoidable and affects the environment, so an ecological approach needed overcome it. One of city concepts has developed along with historical perspective urban ecology (ecocity). In development ecocity in several countries carry theme sustainability city, both practice concept do not explain "process" achieve city's environmental goals. The purpo...

Throughout history, environmental, economic, social and cultural values have affected the formation development of cities. The industrial revolution brought about a rapid change in cities caused values. physical changes experienced by destruction environment natural resources, thus damaging ecological structures These reasons led people to search for sustainable nature. In order prevent this ne...

city growth and environmental difficulties last decades leads the art of urban design and development think more precisely and new approaches for conserving environment and developing urban areas have been evolved.the present study deals with concepts related to ecology in the city and in particular the theory of ecological urbanism and its criteria is expressed. also theory and characteristics...