Urban ecology
"This is the urban century in which, for the first time, the majority of people live in towns and cities. Understanding how people influence, and are influenced by, the 'green' component of these environments is therefore of enormous significance. Providing an overview of the essentia...
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| Ostali autori: | Gaston, Kevin J. (Editor), Barton, Jo (Contributor), Bates, Adam, Boone, Christopher, Davies, Zoe G., Edmondson, Jill L., Evans, Karl L., Fuller, Richard A., Hale, James, Harlan, Sharon L., Irvine, Katherine N., James, Philip, Kinzig, Ann P., Klotz, Stefan, Kühn, Ingolf, Lerman, Susannah B., Luck, Gary W., McKinney, Michael L., Opdam, Paul, Pretty, Jules, Sadler, Jon, Shochat, Eyal, Smallbone, Lisa T., Snep, Robbert, Warren, Paige S. |
| Vrsta građe: | Knjiga |
| Jezik: | eng |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Nakladnička cjelina: |
Ecological reviews
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- Machine generated contents note: 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.