Ecology of Cities and Towns : A Comparative Approach

Amy K. Hahs

ISBN 10: 0521861128 / ISBN 13: 9780521861120

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ecology of Cities and Towns : A Comparative Approach
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521861128
• ISBN 13: 9780521861120
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 260W x 183H x 44D millimeters 260 millimeters width by 183 millimeters height by 44 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1573 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

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.