Urban Ecology An International Perspective on the Interaction Between Humans and Nature /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer US : Imprint: Springer,
2008.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2008. |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73412-5 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Urbanization and Human Domination of Earth
- 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
- Conceptual Foundations of Urban Ecology
- The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project
- On the Early History of Urban Ecology in Europe
- Urban Ecological Systems: Linking 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
- The Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, and Pedosphere
- Sealing of Soils
- Producing and Consuming Chemicals: The Moral Economy of the American Lawn
- Streams in the Urban Landscape
- The Urban Climate – Basic and Applied Aspects
- Global Warming and the Urban Heat Island
- A Retrospective Assessment of Mortality from the London Smog Episode of 1952: The Role of Influenza and Pollution
- Heat Waves, Urban Climate and Human Health
- The Biosphere
- The 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
- A 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 Impacts 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
- The Anthroposphere: Human Dimensions
- Social Science Concepts and Frameworks for Understanding Urban Ecosystems
- The 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?
- The Anthroposphere: Planning and Policy
- The 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
- 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.