The Planner's Guide to Natural Resource Conservation: The Science of Land Development Beyond the Metropolitan Fringe - Esparza, Adrian X.; McPherson, Guy.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
SECTION 1: HISTORY AND FUNDAMENTAL ECOLOGICAL CONCEPTS -- Exurbanization and Aldo Leopold's Human-Land Community -- Fundamental Concepts in Ecology -- Climate Change and Ecology in Rural Lands -- SECTION 2: EXURBAN LAND DEVELOPMENT, HABITAT AND WILDLIFE -- Biodiversity and Residential Development Beyond the Urban Fringe -- Wildlife Corridors and Developed Landscapes -- Exurban Land Development and Breeding Birds -- Integrating Wildlife Conservation into Land-Use Plans for Rapidly Growing Cities -- Into the Wild: Vegetation, Alien Plants, and Familiar Fire at the Exurban Frontier -- SECTION 3: WATER RESOURCES, WETLANDS AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT -- Impacts of Exurban Development on Water Quality -- Preparing for Human Expansion into Exurban Riparian Areas -- Storm Water Management in Exurbia -- SECTION 4: SCIENCE-BASED PLANNING IN EXURBAN AREAS -- A Science-Based Approach to Regional Conservation Planning -- Mitigating Environmental Problems in Exurban Development: An Overview of Rural-Specific Planning Devices.
Keywords: Nature conservation; Landscape ecology; Community ecology, Biotic; Conservation biology; Ecology .; Urban ecology (Biology).; Sustainable development; Nature Conservation; Landscape Ecology; Community & Population Ecology; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Urban Ecology; Sustainable Development