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Ecology of Cities and Towns : a Comparative Approach { electronic resource ] / edited by Mark J. McDonnell, Amy K. Hahs and Jürgen H. Breuste.

Contributor(s): McDonnell, Mark J [editor] | Hahs, Amy K [joint editor] | Breuste, Jürgen H [joint editor].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press , 2010ISBN: 9780511609763 ( e-book ).Subject(s): Ecology and Conservation | Life SciencesGenre/Form: Electronic booksDDC classification: 577.56072 Online resources: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511609763 View to click Summary: 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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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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