Urban Ecology is a rapidly developing area of research and study. Drawing on the work of many disciplines-including geography, planning, landscape architecture, sociology, economics, anthropology, engineering, and climatology-urban ecologists argue that an understanding of the relationships between living organisms and their urban environment as an integrated social-ecological system is an essential component of the decision-making and planning needed to create viable-and sustainable-cities around the world.
Now, Ian Douglas, one of Urban Ecology's founding fathers (and editor of Routledge's Handbook of Urban Ecology (2010), has brought together in four volumes the canonical and the very best cutting-edge research. The collection enables users readily to comprehend the philosophies, theories, and history of Urban Ecology, and make sense of the biophysical character of the urban environment, and the diverse habitats found within it. Urban Ecology also assembles essential works exploring how science can be put into practice to generate significant health, economic, and environmental benefits.
With a full index, together with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, Urban Ecology is an essential work of reference. The collection will be particularly useful as a database allowing scattered and often fugitive material to be easily located. It will also be welcomed as a crucial tool permitting rapid access to less familiar-and sometimes overlooked-texts. For researchers, students, practitioners, and policy-makers, it is a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource.
Edited by:
Ian Douglas
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 119mm
Weight: 3.265kg
ISBN: 9780415729376
ISBN 10: 0415729378
Series: Critical Concepts in Geography
Pages: 1946
Publication Date: 16 November 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
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A / AS level
Format: Mixed media product
Publisher's Status: Active
Volume I: Origins and Ecology in Cities Part 1: Development of studies in the ecology of plants, animals, and humans in urban areas Part 2: Expansion of urban ecological concerns over the social, psychological, and city-planning dimensions of human interactions with urban nature Part 3: The biophysical environment: urban climate; geomorphology; soils and aquatic systems Part 4: Urban flora: native and invasive species in the urban context Volume II: Ecology of Cities Part 5: Urban fauna: wildlife and feral animals, commensal species and pests Part 6: Urban habitats (the urban mosaic), ecological niches including roofs, walls, and water bodies Part 7: Organic analogies and urban metabolism Part 8: Biodiversity of cities: urban to rural gradients; urban transitions; homogenization Volume III: Ecology for Cities Part 9: Urban dependency (cities as consumers and waste producers) and sustainability science Part 10: The ecological consequences of urban growth and consumption, within and beyond cities Part 11: Cities as socio-economic systems Part 12: Urban landscape design for human benefit, especially for public health and well-being Part 13: Urban land restoration and novel ecosystems Volume IV: Ecology for Cities (Economy and Society); the Integration and Future of Urban Ecology Part 14: Urban green infrastructure and ecosystem services, including climatic-change adaptation and mitigation Part 15: Urban political ecology and urban ecosystems Part 16: Public participation in the provision and protection of nature in urban areas Part 17: Urban ecology as an integrated discipline Part 18: Long-term ecological research into integrated urban ecology Part 19: Mission statements for urban ecology
