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Thomas Schröpfer. Dense+Green Cities: Architecture as Urban Ecosystem . 2020. 23x30cm, 324 pages. Birkhäuser. ISBN 978-3- 0356-1531-9. The emergent understanding of the building and the city as ecological systems immediately raises the question of their interaction. In which ways can buildings contribute to the ecology of their surroundings? And how can urban districts, with their green and blue networks, link up with the elements and technologies of building design? These questions are investigated in this book with substantial essays and benchmark case studies, in a collaboration of a research team with renowned architects, urbanists and landscape designers. Dense and Green Agendas Dense and Green: An Alternative History of the City The Collective Power of the Single Building Green Spaces and Ecosystem Services Green Buildings and the Ecological Picturesque Dense and Green Dimensions Learning from Singapore Dense and Green at the Future Cities Laboratory Biodiversity Surface Temperature Construction and Maintenance Costs of Integrated Green Spaces Economic Benefits of Vegetation on and Around Residential Developments Dense and Green Case Studies Asia America Europe Dense and Green Future Future Trajectories