UID:
(DE-602)gbv_1066536988
Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 585 pages)
ISBN:
9781108183062
,
1108183069
Content:
Towns and villages are sometimes viewed as minor, even quaint, spots, whereas this book boldly reconceptualizes these places as important dynamic environmental 'hotspots'. Multitudes of towns and villages with nearly half the world's population characterize perhaps half the global land surface. The book's pages feature ecological patterns, processes, and change, as well as human dimensions, both within towns and in strong connections and effects on surrounding agricultural land, forest land, and arid land. Towns, small to large, and villages are examined with spatial and cultural lenses. Ecological dimensions - water, soil and air systems, together with habitats, plants, wildlife and biodiversity - are highlighted. A concluding section presents concepts for making better towns and better land. From a pioneer in both landscape ecology and urban ecology, this highly international town ecology book opens an important frontier for researchers, students, professors, and professionals including environmental, town, and conservation planners
Content:
Town, village, and land spatial patterns -- Flows and movements -- Change -- Human dimensions -- Soil, chemicals, air -- Water systems and waterbodies -- Plants, habitats, greenspaces -- Diverse animals and town pattern -- Commercial, industrial, and residential areas -- Cropland, pastureland, and towns -- Forestland, aridland, and towns -- Tying transportation, towns, and land together -- Toward better towns, better land
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Jan 2019)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107199132
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781316648605
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781107199132
Language:
Undetermined
DOI:
10.1017/9781108183062
Bookmarklink
