SPUR Forum: Urban Ecological Design: A Process for Regenerative Places

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How can we transform urban spaces and consider issues of ecology and sustainability alongside urban form? Frederick “Fritz” Steiner, dean of the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture and co-author of Urban Ecological Design, discusses a comprehensive design process with the potential to guide any urban design project.

Co-presented by Island Press.

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