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Front Cover -- Nature Based Strategies for Urban and Building Sustainability -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- References -- I. Nature Based Strategies for Urban Environment -- 1.1 Introduction to Urban Sustainability Issues: Urban Ecosystem -- Introduction: The Urban Ecosystem -- Mental Health and Stress -- Climate Change -- Urban/City Climate -- Water Management -- Energy Management -- Air Pollution -- Conclusion -- References -- 1.2 Ecosystem Services in Urban Environments -- Introduction -- Provisioning Services -- Regulating Services -- Cultural Services -- Supporting Services -- The Value of Ecosystem Services -- Conclusion -- References -- 1.3 Incentives for Nature-Based Strategies -- Introduction -- Definitions -- Incentives -- Incentive Zoning -- Incentive Schemes by Category -- Tree Planting -- Surface Water Management -- Introduction -- Germany -- United States -- United Kingdom -- Green Roofs -- Netherlands -- Germany -- France -- United States -- Canada -- Singapore -- Japan -- Planting for Pollution Abatement -- Preferential Home Loans -- Conclusion -- References -- Further Reading -- II. Nature Based Strategies and Technologies -- 2.1 Vertical Greening Systems: Classifications, Plant Species, Substrates -- Introduction -- Extensive Systems—Green Facades -- Intensive Systems—Living Wall Systems -- Plant Species -- Conclusion -- References -- 2.2 Vertical Greening Systems: Irrigation and Maintenance -- Introduction -- Irrigation Systems -- Drainage and Water Recirculation Systems -- Efficient Water Management -- Maintenance Operations -- Fertilization -- Living Wall Pruning -- Pest and Disease Management -- Weed Control -- Conclusion -- References -- 2.3 Green Roofs Classifications, Plant Species, Substrates -- Introduction -- Classification -- Vegetation Layer -- Substrate Layer

Green and blue infrastructure in cities -- Climate change : mitigation and adaptation strategies -- Environmental and ecological imbalances in dense urban areas -- Water in urban areas : ecological and environmental issues and strategies -- Ecosystem services in urban areas : social, environmental, and economic benefits -- Green and blue infrastructure : vegetated systems -- Green and blue infrastructure : unvegetated systems -- Urban river restoration -- Strategies and techniques : case studies -- Green and blue infrastructure top-down policies -- Bottom-up initiatives for green and blue infrastructure -- Selection of management practices and guidelines -- Opportunities and policies : case studies

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- 1 The Introduction to Informed Urban Environments -- 1.1 Informed Urban Environments -- 1.2 Note on Keyword Selection -- References -- 2 The Bigger Picture en Route to Informed Urban Environments -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Sustainability Science(s) -- 2.3 Urban Science(s) -- 2.4 Architectural Science(s) -- 2.5 Mapping Potential Affiliations Across Knowledge Fields -- 2.6 Complementarity Between the Fields and Overlaps in Capacities -- 2.7 Research Paradigm and Data-Integrated Approach -- 2.8 Conclusion -- References -- 3 How We See Now: Traversing a Data-Mosaic -- 3.1 Introducing a Data-Mosaic -- 3.2 The General State of Data Now -- 3.3 Data in the Domain of Architecture and Cities -- 3.4 Data in the Domain of Other Disciplines -- 3.5 Contextualizing a Data-Mosaic -- 3.6 Assembling a Data-Mosaic -- 3.7 Seeing a Data-Mosaic by Modeling Trees -- 3.8 Seeing a Data-Mosaic by Modeling Embodied Environmental Impacts -- 3.9 Seeing a Data-Mosaic by Representing Human Comfort -- 3.10 Traversing a Data-Mosaic: How We See Now -- References -- 4 The Role of Information Modelling and Computational Ontologies to Support the Design, Planning and Management of Urban Environments: Current Status and Future Challenges -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Background -- 4.2.1 Ontology -- 4.2.2 Urban Environment -- 4.3 Ontologies for Urban Environments -- 4.3.1 Standard Ontologies -- 4.3.2 Domain and Upper Ontologies for Urban Environments -- 4.3.3 Applications of Ontologies in Urban Environments -- 4.3.4 Towards Knowledge Graphs for Urban Environments -- 4.4 Challenges for Better Exploitation of Ontologies in Urban Environments -- 4.5 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Urban Adaptation-Insights from Information Physics and Complex System Dynamics -- 5.1 Introduction.