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Title: The Routledge handbook of urban ecology / edited by Ian Douglas, David Goode, Mike Houck and Rusong Wang.
Routledge handbooks
Routledge handbooks.

Author: Douglas, Ian, 1936- editor.
Goode, David. editor.
Houck, Michael C. editor.
Wang, Rusong. editor.
Douglas, Ian, 1936-
Goode, D. A.
Houck, Mike.
Wang, Rusong.

General Notes: Originally published in 2011., Originally published in 2011.
First published in paperback 2015., Originally published in 2011.
"The UK Man and Biosphere Committee Urban Forum."--Title page., Originally published in 2011.

Publisher: Routledge,
Publication Place: London :
ISBN: 1138824429
9781138824423

Subject: Urban ecology (Biology)
Urban ecology (Sociology)
City planning.
City planning.
Urban ecology (Biology)
Urban ecology (Sociology)

Series: Routledge handbooks
Routledge handbooks.

Contents: Part 1. Context, history and philosophies. Urban ecology : definitions and goals / N.E. McIntyre ; The analysis of cities as ecosystems / Ian Douglas ; Urban ecology and industrial ecology / Xuemei Bai and Heinz Schandl ; Urban areas in the context of human ecology / Roderick J. Lawrence ; In livable cities is preservation of the wild : the politics of providing for nature in cities / Michael C. Houck ; The human relationship with nature : rights of animals and plants in the urban context / Jason Byrne ; Urban natural histories to urban ecologies : the growth of the study of urban nature / Ian Douglas and David Goode; Planning for nature in towns and cities : a historical perspective / David Goode ; How much is urban nature worth? And for whom? Thoughts from ecological economics / Anna Chiesura and Joan Martâinez-Alier-- Part 2. The urban ecological environment. Climate of cities / C.S.B. Grimmond ; Urban heat islands / T.R. Oke ; Urban effects on precipitation and associated convective processes / J.M. Shepherd, J.A. Stallins, M.L.Jin and T.L. Mote ; Urban hydrology / Ian Douglas ; Urban geomorphology / Ina Douglas ; Urban soils / Peter J. Marcotullio ; The process of natural succession in urban areas / Wayne C. Zipperer ; Recombinant ecology of urban areas : characterisation, context and creativity / Colin D Meurk ; Creative conservation / Grant Luscombe and Richard Scott -- Part 3. The nature of urban habitats. Walls and paved surfaces : urban complexes with limited water and nutrients / C. Philip Wheater ; Urban cliffs / Jeremy Lundholm ; Suburban mosaic of houses, roads, gardens and mature trees / Ian Douglas ; Urban wildlife corridors : conduits for movement or linear habitat? / Ian Douglas and Jonathan P.Sadler ; Landscaped parks and open spaces / M. Hermy ; Grassland on reclaimed soil, with streets, car parks and buildings but few or no mature trees / Tony Kendle ; Urban contaminated land / Michael O. Rivett, Jonathan P. Sadler and Bob C. Barnes ; Urban woodlands as distinctive and threatened nature-in-city patches / C.Y. Jim ; Wetlands in urban environments / Joan G. Ehrenfeld, Monica Palta and Emilie Stander ; Urban animal ecology / Peter J. Jarvis ; Feral animals in the urban environment / Peter J. Jarvis -- Part 4. Ecosystem services and urban ecology. Intrinsic and aesthetic values of urban nature : a journalist's view from London / David Nicholson-Lord ; Intrinsic and aesthetic values of urban nature : a psychological perspective / Rachel Kaplan ; Urban nature and human physical health / Jenna H. Tilt ; Urban nature : human psychological and community health / Rod Matsuoka and William Sullivan ; Street trees and the urban environment / Gerald F.M. Dawe ; Urban gardens and biodiversity / Kevin J. Gaston and Sian Gaston -- Part 5. Methodologies. Urban habitat analysis / Ian Douglas ; Urban habitat type mapping / Peter J. Jarvis ; Invasive species and their response to climate change / Ian Douglas ; Urban biogeochemical flux analysis / Nancy B. Grimm, Rebecca L. Hale, Elizabeth M. Cook and David M. Iwaniec ; Urban metabolism analysis / Shu-Li Huang and Chun-Lin Lee -- Part 6. Applications and policy implications. Delivering urban greenspace for people and wildlife / John Box ; Urban areas and the biosphere reserve concept / Pete Frost and Glen Hyman ; Urban ecology and sustainable urban drainage / Peter Worrall and Sarah Little ; Green roofs, urban vegetation and urban runoff / Joachim T. Tourbier ; The role of green infrastructure in adapting cities to climate change / Ian Douglas ; Creative use of therapeutic green spaces / Ambra Burls ; Peri-urban ecology : green infrastructure in the twenty-first century metro-scape / Joe Ravetz ; Biodiversity as a statutory component of urban planning / David Goode ; Making urban ecology a key element in urban development and planning / John Stuart-Murray ; Towards ecopolis : new technologies, new philosophies and new developments / Rusong Wang, Paul Downton and Ian Douglas.
Physical Description: xxiv, 664 pages : illustrations, maps ;
Location/SubLocation: HU /HU_MAIN
Publication Date: 2015.

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