TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gaston, Kevin J. Ed.
TI  - Urban ecology
SN  - 0521743494
U1  - 307.76 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Delhi
PB  - Cambridge Uni. Press
N1  - CONTENTS List of contributors  vii Preface  xi 1. Urban ecology by Kevin J. Gaston  1 2. Urbanisation by Kevin J. Gaston  10 3. Urban environments and ecosystem functions by Kevin J. Gaston, Zoe G. Davies and Jill L. Edmondson  35 4. Individual species and urbanisation by Karl L. Evans 53 5. Species diversity and urbanisation: patterns, drivers and implications by Gary W. Luck and Lisa T. Smallbone  88 6. Urbanisation and alien invasion Stefan Klotz and Ingolf Kuiihn120 7. Interactions between people and nature in urban environments by Richard A. Fuller and Katherine N. Irvine  134 8. Urban ecology and human social organisation by Paige S. Warren, Sharon Harlan, Christopher Boone, Susannah B. Lerman, Eyal Shochat and Ann P. Kinzig 172 9. Urban ecology and human health and wellbeing by Jo Barton and Jules Pretty 202 10. Bringing cities alive: the importance of urban greenspaces for people and biodiversity by Jon Sadler, Adam Bates, James Hale and Philip James230 11. Integrating nature values in urban planning and design by Robbert Snep and Paul Opdam  261 12. Urban futures by Michael L. McKinney  287 Index  309
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