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Urban ecology : strategies for green infrastructure and land use

By: Publication details: Oakville Apple Academic Press Inc. 2016Description: xxv,351pISBN:
  • 9781771882811
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DDC classification:
  • 307.76 ETI
Contents:
Acknowledgment and How to Cite ix List of Contributors xi Introduction xvii Part I: Ecosystem Services 1.Reconnecting Cities to the Biosphere: Stewardship of Green Infrastructure and Urban Ecosystem Services 3 Erik Andersson, Stephan Barthel, Sara Borgstrom, Johan Colding, Thomas Elmqvist, Carl Folke, and Asa Gren 2.Exploring the Gap between Ecosystem Service Research and Management in Development Planning 21 Nadia Sitas, Heidi E. Prozesky, Karen J. Esler, and Belinda Reyers 3.Spatial Heterogeneity of Urban Soils: The Case of the Beijing Metropolitan Region, China 75 Qizheng Mao, Ganlin Huang, Alexander Buyantuev, Jianguo Wu. Slianghua Luo. and Kerning Ma 4.Realizing the Ecosystem-Service Value of Native Woodland in Ireland 75 Craig Bullock, Jerry Hawe, and Declan Little 5.Global Drivers and Tradeoffs of Three Urban Vegetation Ecosystem Services 99 Cynnamon Dobbs, Craig R. Nitschke, and Dave Kendal Part II: Green Space 6.Vegetation in Bangalore's Slums: Boosting Livelihoods, Well-Being, and Social Capital 125 Divya Gopal and Harini Nagendra 7.Urban Green Spaces and an Integrative Approach to Sustainable Environment 147 Shah Md. Atiqul Haq Part III: Biodiversity 8.Urbanization Affects Plant Flowering Phenology and Pollinator Community: Effects of Water Availability and Land Cover 167 Kaesha Neil, Jianguo Wu, Christofer Bang, and Stanley Faeth 9.A Landscape Ecology Approach Identifies Important Drivers of Urban Biodiversity 193 Tabea Turrini and Eva Knop 10.Lessons Learned from Chicago Wilderness: Implementing and Sustaining Conservation Management in an Urban Setting 221 Liam Heneghan, Christopher Mulvaney, Kristen Ross, Lauren Umek, Cristy Watkins, Lynne M. Westphal, and David H. Wise Part IV: Planning Tools for Enhancing Urban Ecology 11.Multifunctional Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Land Use Planning in the United States 251 Sarah Taylor Lovell 12.A Conceptual List of Indicators for Urban Planning and Management Based on Earth Observation 285 Nektarios Chrysoulakis, Christian Feigenwinter, Dimitrios Triantakonstantis, Igor Penyevskiy, Abraham Tal, Eberhard Parlow, Guy Fleishman, Sebnem Diizgun, Thomas Esch, and Mattia Marconcini 13.Landscape Architecture and Novel Ecosystems: Ecological Restoration in an Expanded Field 315 Catharina Sack Author Notes 335 Index 351
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Acknowledgment and How to Cite ix
List of Contributors xi
Introduction xvii
Part I: Ecosystem Services
1.Reconnecting Cities to the Biosphere: Stewardship of Green
Infrastructure and Urban Ecosystem Services 3
Erik Andersson, Stephan Barthel, Sara Borgstrom, Johan Colding, Thomas Elmqvist, Carl Folke, and Asa Gren
2.Exploring the Gap between Ecosystem Service Research and
Management in Development Planning 21
Nadia Sitas, Heidi E. Prozesky, Karen J. Esler, and Belinda Reyers
3.Spatial Heterogeneity of Urban Soils: The Case of the Beijing
Metropolitan Region, China 75
Qizheng Mao, Ganlin Huang, Alexander Buyantuev, Jianguo Wu. Slianghua Luo. and Kerning Ma
4.Realizing the Ecosystem-Service Value of Native Woodland
in Ireland 75
Craig Bullock, Jerry Hawe, and Declan Little
5.Global Drivers and Tradeoffs of Three Urban Vegetation
Ecosystem Services 99
Cynnamon Dobbs, Craig R. Nitschke, and Dave Kendal
Part II: Green Space
6.Vegetation in Bangalore's Slums: Boosting Livelihoods,
Well-Being, and Social Capital 125
Divya Gopal and Harini Nagendra
7.Urban Green Spaces and an Integrative Approach
to Sustainable Environment 147
Shah Md. Atiqul Haq
Part III: Biodiversity
8.Urbanization Affects Plant Flowering Phenology and Pollinator Community: Effects of Water Availability
and Land Cover 167
Kaesha Neil, Jianguo Wu, Christofer Bang, and Stanley Faeth
9.A Landscape Ecology Approach Identifies Important
Drivers of Urban Biodiversity 193
Tabea Turrini and Eva Knop
10.Lessons Learned from Chicago Wilderness: Implementing and Sustaining Conservation Management in an
Urban Setting 221
Liam Heneghan, Christopher Mulvaney, Kristen Ross, Lauren Umek, Cristy Watkins, Lynne M. Westphal, and David H. Wise
Part IV: Planning Tools for Enhancing Urban Ecology
11.Multifunctional Urban Agriculture for Sustainable
Land Use Planning in the United States 251
Sarah Taylor Lovell
12.A Conceptual List of Indicators for Urban Planning
and Management Based on Earth Observation 285
Nektarios Chrysoulakis, Christian Feigenwinter, Dimitrios Triantakonstantis, Igor Penyevskiy, Abraham Tal, Eberhard Parlow, Guy Fleishman, Sebnem Diizgun, Thomas Esch, and Mattia Marconcini
13.Landscape Architecture and Novel Ecosystems: Ecological
Restoration in an Expanded Field 315
Catharina Sack
Author Notes 335
Index 351


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