Ecology of Cities and Towns: A Comparative Approach

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Mark J. McDonnell, Amy K. Hahs, Jürgen H. Breuste
Cambridge University Press, Jun 25, 2009 - Nature
The unprecedented growth of cities and towns around the world, coupled with the unknown effects of global change, has created an urgent need to increase ecological understanding of human settlements, in order to develop inhabitable, sustainable cities and towns in the future. Although there is a wealth of knowledge regarding the understanding of human organisation and behaviour, there is comparably little information available regarding the ecology of cities and towns. This book brings together leading scientists, landscape designers and planners from developed and developing countries around the world, to explore how urban ecological research has been undertaken to date, what has been learnt, where there are gaps in knowledge, and what the future challenges and opportunities are.
 

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Mark J. McDonnell,Amy K. Hahs,Jürgen H. Breuste
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analysis arthropods artificial assemblages assessment Australia benefits biodiversity biotope birds Breuste butterflies carabid Carreiro Catterall changes Chapter cities and towns classification comparative studies components conservation defined definition density difficult disturbance diversity ecological research ecologists ecology of cities effects environmental example factors field first fish Florgard flow forest patches fragmentation framework function gardens global habitat fragmentation Hahs human human ecosystem identified impacts important increased influence insects integrated land-cover land-use landscape ecology lawns light pollution litter LIUDD marine measures models native natural vegetation Niemela nutrient parks patterns plants pollution population population density Pouyat processes region remnant roads rural scale scientific seawalls significant similar social spatial species richness specific suburban terrestrial theory traffic trees types urban agriculture urban areas urban ecology urban ecosystems urban environments urban forests urban landscapes urban planning urban—rural gradient urbanisation variables watershed wetland Zealand

About the author (2009)

Mark J. McDonnell is the Director of the Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne, and an Associate Professor in the School of Botany at the University of Melbourne.

Amy K. Hahs is a GIS Ecologist at the Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne, and a Research Fellow in the School of Botany at the University of Melbourne.

Jürgen H. Breuste is a Professor of Geography in the Department of Geography and Geology at the University of Salzburg in Austria.

Bibliographic information

TitleEcology of Cities and Towns: A Comparative Approach
EditorsMark J. McDonnell, Amy K. Hahs, Jürgen H. Breuste
PublisherCambridge University Press, 2009
ISBN1139478311, 9781139478311
Subjects ›  › 

Architecture / Urban & Land Use Planning
Nature / Ecology
Science / Life Sciences / Ecology
  
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