…lent of two United Kingdoms. This fact allows us to pursue aggressive global conservation measures. We can look to E.O. Wilson’s “Half-Earth” concept for an appropriate rule-of-thumb: approximately 50 percent of a given locale should be set aside for ecological conservation, and the remaining 50 percent made available for urban development.
What exactly do we mean when we say “biomorphic urbanism”? Derived from the root words bio, meaning life, and morph, meaning form, biomorphic urbanism can be defined as cities formed by life. It is closely related to the concept of biophilia, introduced in the late 20th century by psychologist Erich Fromm and later developed by biologist E.O. Wilson. This theory posits that humans have an inherent attraction to nature, based on a deep biological need for a physical connection to the natural world.