Urban Ecology

Herausgeber: Gaston, Kevin J.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An overview of our current understanding of how people influence, and are influenced by, the 'green' component of urban environments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 575g
• ISBN-13: 9780521743495
• ISBN-10: 0521743494
• Artikelnr.: 29984700

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Urban ecology Kevin J. Gaston
2. Urbanisation Kevin J. Gaston
3. Urban environments and ecosystem functions Kevin J. Gaston, Zoe G. Davies and Jill L. Edmondson
4. Individual species and urbanisation Karl L. Evans
5. Species diversity and urbanisation: patterns, drivers and implications Gary W. Luck and Lisa T. Smallbone
6. Urbanisation and alien invasion Stefan Klotz and Ingolf Kühn
7. Interactions between people and nature in urban environments Richard A. Fuller and Katherine N. Irvine
8. Urban ecology and human social organisation Paige S. Warren, Sharon Harlan, Christopher Boone, Susannah B. Lerman, Eyal Shochat and Ann P. Kinzig
9. Urban ecology and human health and wellbeing Jo Barton and Jules Pretty
10. Bringing cities alive: the importance of urban greenspaces for people and biodiversity Jon Sadler, Adam Bates, James Hale and Philip James
11. Integrating nature values in urban planning and design Robbert Snep and Paul Opdam
12. Urban futures Michael L. McKinney
Index.