Urban ecology /
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Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. |
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Description: | ix, 318 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Ecological reviews Ecological reviews. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8205780 |
Table of Contents:
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1. Urban ecology
- 2. Urbanisation
- 3. Urban environments and ecosystem functions
- 4. Individual species and urbanisation
- 5. Species diversity and urbanisation: patterns, drivers and implications
- 6. Urbanisation and alien invasion
- 7. Interactions between people and nature in urban environments
- 8. Urban ecology and human social organisation
- 9. Urban ecology and human health and wellbeing
- 10. Bringing cities alive: the importance of urban green spaces for people and biodiversity
- 11. Integrating nature values in urban planning and design
- 12. Urban futures
- Index