In recent centuries, humans have become the most significant agent of change in the planet's ecosystems. Within this era, called the Anthropocene, human activity has resulted in significant changes to the natural environment, which have led to loss of biodiversity due to the mass extinction of fauna and flora. Urban life creates an artificial divide between humans and animals. Nonetheless, animals are attracted to the abundance of our cities and adapt themselves to us. As population density increases, the urbanization process continues, with humans taking over more and more space without regard for the wild animals that share that space. This project offers an ecological viewpoint of the urban space, which sees humans as a part of the animal kingdom and treats the city as a system that integrates animals and humans in a way that enables co-existence. The Kishon estuary in the bay of Haifa was chosen to be the project's research area. Despite the polluting industries nearby, this area boasts a wide biological diversity in a variety of unique habitats. The project aims to create an urban development model derived from the characteristics of the existing habitats and the animals that inhabit them, while preserving the existing and creating urban nodes around ecosystems. The characteristics of the habitat and the nature of the interactions between humans and animals form the conceptual and formal basis for spatial and structural planning. From these ideas, emerged field guides that outline options for planning for animals and people, and together constitute an "operating manual" for the co-existence of humans and animals.