Urbanism for Expanding Cities Designing the Conjugal Interface of Contrasting Systems

Many of our expanding cities have detrimental impacts on the natural systems they depend upon.In order to investigate the contemporary challenges presented by a globally expanding urbanism,it is essential to re-conceptualize the relationship between "natural" systems and systems that are considered "cultural" or "urban".Urban Ecotones:Transitional Spaces for Commerce and Culture restructures economic and ecological systems to provide a development model that supports movement away from fossil fuel dependency and creates more localized,regenerative processes.