Introduction to Designing Environments

Prof. Dr. Michael U. Hensel is an Architect, University Professor and Head of Research Department of Digital Architecture and Planning at the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at TU Wien.Dr. Defne Sunguroğlu Hensel is an Architect, Associate Professor for Landscape Architecture and Urban Ecology at Southeast University in Nanjing, China, and senior researcher at Technical University Munich.Prof. Dr. Claudia R. Binder is the Dean of EPFL ENAC, University Professor and Head of the Human-Environment Relations in Urban Systems LaboratoryProf. Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig is an Architect, University Professor and Head of Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture at Technical University Munich.

• Chapter 1. Introduction to Designing Environments (Prof. Dr. Michael U. Hensel et. al.).- Chapter 2. Anthropocene Risks (Patrick Keyes et. al.).- Chapter 3. Complexity Science Approaches and Paradigms for Sustainability (Dr. Angela Espinosa).- Chapter 4. Knowledge & Data-integrated Approaches for Designing Environments (Dr. Cédric Pruski et. al.).- Chapter 5. Modelling the Anthropocene (Prof. Dr. Ir. Peter H. Verburg).- Chapter 6. Geodesign & Geoinformatics (Prof. Dr. Olaf Schrot).- Chapter 7. Land-use Change Modelling (Prof. Dr. Ir. Peter Verburg).- Chapter 8. Computational Landscape Ecology (Prof. Dr. Ralf Seppelt).- Chapter 9. Urban Metabolism (Prof. Dr. Vanesa Castán Broto).- Chapter 10. Socio-metabolic Transitions (Prof. Mag. Dr. Helmut Haberl).- Chapter 11. Human-Environment Interactions in Urban Systems (Prof. Paola Viganó).- Chapter 12. Climate Change and Cities (Cynthia Rosenzweig et. al.).- Chapter 13. Science of Cities: Urban Ecology (Timon McPhearson).- Chapter 14. Architectural Science: Architecture and Environment Integration (Prof. Dr. Michael U. Hensel et. al.).- Chapter 15. Towards regenerative architecture – the challenge to design ecologically positive buildings (Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig et. al.).- Chapter 16. Multi-species Perspectives in Planning and Design (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Weisser et. al.).