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A deep affiliation and connection to place includes two dimensions: the biophilia dimension and the topophilia dimension. As a result these dimensions demand a relationship with different levels of scale in place attachment, from the local context extending to the features of a larger ecological system, including prominent landmarks, landscapes, natural features, geological forms, mountains and rivers, climate cycles, seasons, prevailing weather patterns, local fauna and flora and place-based natural systems. When designing places in the city consideration for the larger interconnected network of processes and ecological systems needs to be applied. This chapter designates the fourth meta biophilic pattern—Nature Patterns, Processes and Systems [4]—to guide city design to include a regenerative response to placemaking, where design considers the community positioned in a larger ecological scale.
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Roӧs, P.B. (2022). Nature Patterns, Processes and Systems [Pattern 4]. In: A Biophilic Pattern Language for Cities. Sustainable Urban Futures. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19071-1_6
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