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082			_a307.76 _bDOU
100			_aDouglas, Ian and others Eds. _939595
245			_aRoutledge handbook of urban ecology
260			_bRoutledge _c2015 _aNew York
300			_axxiv,664p.
505			_aContents List of illustrations x Contributors xv Acknowledgements xix Prologue xx lan Douglas PART 1 Context, history and philosophies 1 Introduction lan Douglas 3 1 Urban ecology: definitions and goals N. E. Mclntyrc7 2 The analysis of cities as ecosystems lan Douglas17 3 Urban ecology and industrial ecology XuemeiBai and Heinz Schandl 26 4 Urban areas in the context of human ecology Roderick}. Lawrence38 5 In livable cities is preservation of the wild: the politics of providing for nature in cities Michael C. Houck48 6 The human relationship with nature: rights of animals and plants in the urban context Jason Byrne63 7 Urban natural histories to urban ecologies: the growth of the study of urban nature lan Douglas and David Goodc 74 8 Planning for nature in towns and cities: a historical perspective David Goods 84 9 How much is urban nature worth? And for whom? Thoughts from ecological economics Anna Chiesura and Joan Martinez-Alicr 93 PART 2 The urban ecological environment97 Introduction lan Douglas 99 10 Climate of cities C.S.B. Grimmond 103 11 Urban heat islands T.R. Oke 120 12 Urban effects on precipitation and associated convective processes J.M. Shepherd, J.A. Stalling M.L.JinatidT.L. Mote132 13 Urban hydrology lan Douglas148 14 Urban geomorphology lan Douglas159 15 Urban soils PeterJ. Marcotullio164 16 The process of natural succession in urban areas Wayne C. Zipperer187 17 Recornbinam ecology of urban areas: characterisation, context and creativity Colin D Meurk198 18 Creative conservation Grant Luscombc and Richard Scott221 PART 3 The nature of urban habitats233 Introduction lan Douglas235 19 Walls and paved surfaces: urban complexes with limited water and nutrients C. Philip Whcater239 20 Urbanclitls Jeremy Lundhoim252 21 Suburban mosaic of houses, roads, gardens and mature; trees lan Douglas264 22 Urban wildlife corridors: conduits for movement or linear habitat? lan Douglas and Jonathan P. Sadkr274 23 Landscaped parks and open spaces M. Hermy289 24 Grassland on reclaimed soil, with streets, car parks and buildings but few or no mature trees Tony Kendle301 25 Urban contaminated land Michael O. Rivett, Jonathan P. Sadler and Bob O Bames311 26 Urban woodlands as distinctive and threatened nature-in-city patches C.Y.Jim323 27 Wetlands in urban environments Joan G. Ehrenfeld, Monica Palta and Emilie Slander338 28 Urban animal ecology Peter J.Jarvis352 29 Feral animals in the urban environment PeterJ.Jarvis361 PART 4 Ecosystem services and urban ecology 371 Introduction lan Douglas373 30 Intrinsic and aesthetic values of urban nature; a journalist's view from London David NichoUon-Lord377 31 Intrinsic and aesthetic values of urban nature; a psychological perspective Rachel Kaplan385 32 Urban nature and human physical health Jenna H. Tilt394 33 Urban nature: human psychological and community health Rod Matsuoka and William Sullivan408 34 Street trees and the urban environment Gerald P.M. Dawc424 35 Urban gardens and biodiversity Kevin J, Gaston and Sian Gaston 450 PARTS Methodologies 459 Introduction lan Douglas461 36 Urban habitat analysis lan Douglas465 37 Urban habitat type mapping Peter J.Jarvis478 38 Invasive species and their response to climate change lan Douglas488 39 Urban biogeochemical flux analysis Nancy B. Grimm, Rebecca L. Hale, Elizabeth M. Cook and David M. Iwaniec 503 40 Urban metabolism analysis S/w-Li Hmini; and Chun-Lin Lee 521 PART 6 Applications and policy implications529 Introduction lan Douglas531 41 Delivering urban greenspace for people and wildlife John Box 537 42 Urban areas and the biosphere reserve concept Pete Frost and Glen Hyman549 43 Urban ecology and sustainable urban drainage Peter Worrall and Sarah Little561 44 Green roofs, urban vegetation and urban runoff Joachim Tourbier 572 45 The role of green infrastructure in adapting cities to climate change lan Douglas 583 46 Creative use of therapeutic green spaces Ambra Burls 589 47 Peri-urban ecology: green infrastructure in the twenty-first centurymetro-scape Joe Ravetz 599 48 Biodiversity as a statutory component of urban planning David Goode 621 49 Making urban ecology a key element in urban development and planning John Stuart-Murray 630 50 Towards Ecopolis: new technologies, new philosophies and new developments Rusong Wang, Paul Downton and lan Douglas 636 Conclusion lan Douglas 652 Index654
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