Urban ecology : an international perspective on the interaction between humans and nature /
Urban ecology : an international perspective on the interaction between humans and nature /
edited by John M. Marzluff ... [et al.].
- New York : Springer, c2008.
- xxv, 807 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Human domination of earth's ecosystems / Humans as the world's greatest evolutionary force / Urbanization / Urban ecology as an interdisciplinary field : differences in the use of "urban" between the social and natural sciences / Growth of the city : an introduction to a research project / On the early history of urban ecology in Europe / Urban ecological systems : terrestrial ecological, physical, and socioeconomic components of metropolitan areas / Integrated approaches to long-term studies of urban ecological systems / Integrating humans into ecology : opportunities and challenges for studying urban ecosystems / Sealing of soils / Producing and consuming chemicals : the moral economy of the American lawn / Streams in the urban landscape / Urban climate-- basic and applied aspects / Global warming and the urban heat island / Retrospective assessment of morality from the London smog episode of 1952 : the role of influenza and pollution / Heat waves, urban climate and human health / City as a subject for ecological research / Ecosystem processes along an urban-to-rural gradient / House sparrows : rapid evolution of races in North America / On the role of alien species in urban flora and vegetation / Socioeconomics drive urban plant diversity / Fauna of the big city-- estimating species richness and abundance in Warsaw, Poland / Island biogeography for an urbanizing world : how extinction and colonization may determine biological diversity in human-dominated landscapes / Long-term survey of the avifauna in an urban park / Biodiversity in the Argentinean Rolling Pampa ecoregion : changes caused by agriculture and urbanisation / Does differential access to protein influence differences in timing of breeding of Florida Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens) in suburban and wildland habitats? / Creating a homogeneous avifauna / Towards a mechanistic understanding of urbanization's impact on fish / Bat activity in an urban landscape : patterns at the landscape and microhabitat scale / Urbanization and spider diversity : influences of human modification of habitat structure and productivity / Social science concepts and frameworks for understanding urban ecosystems / Iceberg and the Titanic : human economic behavior in ecological models / Forecasting demand for urban land / Characteristics, causes, and effects of sprawl : a literature review / Urban ecological footprints : why cities cannot be sustainable-- and why they are a key to sustainability / Health, supportive environments, and the reasonable person model / Relationship between urban sprawl and physical activity, obesity, and morbidity / Megacities as global risk areas / Why is understanding urban ecosystems important to people concerned about environmental justice? / Struggle to govern the commons / Modeling the urban ecosystem : a conceptual framework / Scientific, institutional, and individual constraints on restoring Puget Sound rivers / Toward ecosystem management : shifts in the core and the context of urban forest ecology / What is the form of a city, and how is it made? / What should an ideal city look like from an ecological view? : ecological demands on the future city / Land use planning and wildlife maintenance : guidelines for conserving wildlife in an urban landscape / Terrestrial nature reserve design at the urban/rural interface / Restoration of fragmented landscapes for the conservation of birds : a general framework and specific recommendations for urbanizing landscapes / Steps involved in designing conservation subdivisions : a straightforward approach / Beyond greenbelts and zoning : a new planning concept for the environment of Asian mega-cities / Peter M. Vitousek ... [et al.] -- Stephen R. Palumbi -- Brian J.L. Berry -- Nancy E. McIntyre, K. Knowles-Yánez, and D. Hope -- Ernest W. Burgess -- Herbert Sukopp -- S.T.A. Pickett ... [et al.] -- Nancy B. Grimm ... [et al.] -- Marina Alberti ... [et al.] -- Gerd Wessolek -- Paul Robbins, Julie T. Sharp -- Michael J. Paul and Judy L. Meyer -- Wilhelm Kuttler -- Maria João Alcoforado and Henrique Andrade -- Micheile L. Bell, Devra L. Davis, and Tony Fletcher -- Wilfried Endlicher ... [et al.] -- Herbert Sukopp -- Mark J. McDonnell ... [et al.] -- Richard F. Johnston, Robert K. Selander -- Ingo Kowarik -- Diane Hope ... [et al.] -- Maciej Luniak -- John M. Marzluff -- Michael Abs and Frank Bergen -- Ana M. Faggi ... [et al.] -- Stephan J. Schoech and Reed Bowman -- Robert B. Blair -- Christian Wolter -- Stanley D. Gehrt and James E. Chelsvig -- E. Shochat ... [et al.] -- Carolyn Harrison and Jacquie Burgess -- Jane V. Hall -- Paul Waddell and Terry Moore -- Reid H. Ewing -- William Rees and Mathis Wackernagel -- Stephen Kaplan, Rachel Kaplan -- Reid Ewing ... [et al.] -- Frauke Kraas -- Bunyan Bryant and John Callewaert -- Thomas Dietz, Elinor Ostrom, Paul C. Stern -- M. Alberti -- Clare M. Ryan and Sara M. Jensen -- Rowan A. Rowntree -- Kevin A. Lynch -- Ruediger Wittig ... [et al.] -- Michael E. Soulé -- Craig L. Shafer -- John M. Marzluff, Kern Ewing -- Randall G. Arendt -- Makoto Yokohari ... [et al.].
9780387734118 (hbk.) 0387734112 (hbk.)
11862031
2007929538
07,N27,1412 dnb
984490841 DE-101
Urban ecology (Sociology)
City planning--Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Écologie urbaine.
Urbanisme--Aspect de l'environnement.
Développement durable.
Stadtökologie.
Aufsatzsammlung.
HT241 / .U7242 2008
307.76
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Human domination of earth's ecosystems / Humans as the world's greatest evolutionary force / Urbanization / Urban ecology as an interdisciplinary field : differences in the use of "urban" between the social and natural sciences / Growth of the city : an introduction to a research project / On the early history of urban ecology in Europe / Urban ecological systems : terrestrial ecological, physical, and socioeconomic components of metropolitan areas / Integrated approaches to long-term studies of urban ecological systems / Integrating humans into ecology : opportunities and challenges for studying urban ecosystems / Sealing of soils / Producing and consuming chemicals : the moral economy of the American lawn / Streams in the urban landscape / Urban climate-- basic and applied aspects / Global warming and the urban heat island / Retrospective assessment of morality from the London smog episode of 1952 : the role of influenza and pollution / Heat waves, urban climate and human health / City as a subject for ecological research / Ecosystem processes along an urban-to-rural gradient / House sparrows : rapid evolution of races in North America / On the role of alien species in urban flora and vegetation / Socioeconomics drive urban plant diversity / Fauna of the big city-- estimating species richness and abundance in Warsaw, Poland / Island biogeography for an urbanizing world : how extinction and colonization may determine biological diversity in human-dominated landscapes / Long-term survey of the avifauna in an urban park / Biodiversity in the Argentinean Rolling Pampa ecoregion : changes caused by agriculture and urbanisation / Does differential access to protein influence differences in timing of breeding of Florida Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens) in suburban and wildland habitats? / Creating a homogeneous avifauna / Towards a mechanistic understanding of urbanization's impact on fish / Bat activity in an urban landscape : patterns at the landscape and microhabitat scale / Urbanization and spider diversity : influences of human modification of habitat structure and productivity / Social science concepts and frameworks for understanding urban ecosystems / Iceberg and the Titanic : human economic behavior in ecological models / Forecasting demand for urban land / Characteristics, causes, and effects of sprawl : a literature review / Urban ecological footprints : why cities cannot be sustainable-- and why they are a key to sustainability / Health, supportive environments, and the reasonable person model / Relationship between urban sprawl and physical activity, obesity, and morbidity / Megacities as global risk areas / Why is understanding urban ecosystems important to people concerned about environmental justice? / Struggle to govern the commons / Modeling the urban ecosystem : a conceptual framework / Scientific, institutional, and individual constraints on restoring Puget Sound rivers / Toward ecosystem management : shifts in the core and the context of urban forest ecology / What is the form of a city, and how is it made? / What should an ideal city look like from an ecological view? : ecological demands on the future city / Land use planning and wildlife maintenance : guidelines for conserving wildlife in an urban landscape / Terrestrial nature reserve design at the urban/rural interface / Restoration of fragmented landscapes for the conservation of birds : a general framework and specific recommendations for urbanizing landscapes / Steps involved in designing conservation subdivisions : a straightforward approach / Beyond greenbelts and zoning : a new planning concept for the environment of Asian mega-cities / Peter M. Vitousek ... [et al.] -- Stephen R. Palumbi -- Brian J.L. Berry -- Nancy E. McIntyre, K. Knowles-Yánez, and D. Hope -- Ernest W. Burgess -- Herbert Sukopp -- S.T.A. Pickett ... [et al.] -- Nancy B. Grimm ... [et al.] -- Marina Alberti ... [et al.] -- Gerd Wessolek -- Paul Robbins, Julie T. Sharp -- Michael J. Paul and Judy L. Meyer -- Wilhelm Kuttler -- Maria João Alcoforado and Henrique Andrade -- Micheile L. Bell, Devra L. Davis, and Tony Fletcher -- Wilfried Endlicher ... [et al.] -- Herbert Sukopp -- Mark J. McDonnell ... [et al.] -- Richard F. Johnston, Robert K. Selander -- Ingo Kowarik -- Diane Hope ... [et al.] -- Maciej Luniak -- John M. Marzluff -- Michael Abs and Frank Bergen -- Ana M. Faggi ... [et al.] -- Stephan J. Schoech and Reed Bowman -- Robert B. Blair -- Christian Wolter -- Stanley D. Gehrt and James E. Chelsvig -- E. Shochat ... [et al.] -- Carolyn Harrison and Jacquie Burgess -- Jane V. Hall -- Paul Waddell and Terry Moore -- Reid H. Ewing -- William Rees and Mathis Wackernagel -- Stephen Kaplan, Rachel Kaplan -- Reid Ewing ... [et al.] -- Frauke Kraas -- Bunyan Bryant and John Callewaert -- Thomas Dietz, Elinor Ostrom, Paul C. Stern -- M. Alberti -- Clare M. Ryan and Sara M. Jensen -- Rowan A. Rowntree -- Kevin A. Lynch -- Ruediger Wittig ... [et al.] -- Michael E. Soulé -- Craig L. Shafer -- John M. Marzluff, Kern Ewing -- Randall G. Arendt -- Makoto Yokohari ... [et al.].
9780387734118 (hbk.) 0387734112 (hbk.)
11862031
2007929538
07,N27,1412 dnb
984490841 DE-101
Urban ecology (Sociology)
City planning--Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Écologie urbaine.
Urbanisme--Aspect de l'environnement.
Développement durable.
Stadtökologie.
Aufsatzsammlung.
HT241 / .U7242 2008
307.76