
This is used to shape the way in which we design our cities. Nature is resilient - it can bounce back. o Resilience cities - nature is protecting and picking up. Now - Glocal cities, circular metabolism, resilience thinking, UN Sustainable Development Goals.An example - Masdar, Abu Dhabi - the worlds first zero carbon and zero waste city. Do not draw down your resources, learn from the nature and how it remains sustainable through greenery and white light. How do we learn from nature? How can we minimic the biosphere? For example, Aruville, India reflecting a shell. 1990s - Biomimicry - Need to be learning from the biosphere.

('Biophilia' theory, which holds that evolution left us with a preference for green and open environments, and hence that we cannot thrive in modern cities. Philosophy of the environment should be in cities. About integrating nature into urban design and planning. Need to look to ecological landscapes and features. Human beings are philosophically originated to learn from this narrative.

Example - Acrisanti (merged architecture and ecology)

For example designing buildings in particular ways. Bringing sustainability into the urban - just into the works.
