Applied Urban Ecology

Richter, MatthiasWeiland, Ulrike ; Weiland, Ulrike ; Weiland, Ulrike - - New York : Basil Blackwell - 2012
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Urban ecology-brief history and present challenges -- Urban ecology: related disciplines and methods -- Thematic-methodical approaches to applied urban ecology -- Monitoring urban land use changes with remote sensing techniques -- Select fields of urban ecology: Quantifying spatiotemporal patterns and ecological effects of urbanization: a multiscale landscape approach -- Designing urban systems: ecological strategies with stocks and flows of energy and material -- Environmental and ecological threats in Indian mega-cities -- From wasteland to wilderness-aspects of a new form of urban nature -- Multiscale flood risk assessment un urban areas-a geoinformatics approach -- Urban open spaces and adaptation to climate change -- Social aspectos of urban ecology in developing countries, with an emphasis on urban domestic gardens -- Plant material for urban landscapes in the era of globalization: roots, challenges and innovative solutions -- Ecological infrastructure leads the way: the negative approach and landscape urbanism for smart preservation and smart growth -- Integrating science and creativity for landscape planning and design of urban areas -- Landscape as a living system: shanghai 2010 expo houtan park -- Geographical perspectives on a radical political ecology of water -- Synthesis: Synthesizing urban ecology reseach and topics for urban environmental management