Introduction
What is ecological urbanism? Ecological urbanism is inspired from ecology and is a kind of urbanism which is more inclusive and sensitive towards environment. It emerged as a critique of Landscape Urbanism demanding a more holistic approach towards design and management of cities. At a Conference at the University of Oregon (2003), the phrase “ecourbanismo” was first published in a Spanish book by Architect Miguel Ruano. In Intervention Architecture, the phrase was again highlighted by Mohsen Mostafavi (2007). The question that would boggle our mind is- what is the need for ecology based urbanism now? The reason is very evident to a learned mind ...
