Ecoregion-Based Design for Sustainability

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Bailey, Robert G. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2002.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Architecture.; Landscape architecture.; Landscape ecology.; Environmental management.; Environmental Management.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Landscape Ecology.; Landscape Architecture.; Cities, Countries, Regions.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

This book completes Robert G. Bailey's celebrated study of ecoregions, begun in the landmark Ecosystem Geography (1996) and further articulated in Ecoregions (1998). In this third installment, the author expands his system for defining large-scale ecological zones to encompass principles of lan...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Nature’s Geometry
• Regional-Scale Ecosystem Units, Ecoregions
• An Ecoregional Approach to Sustaining Ecosystems
• Significance to Ecosystem Management
• How Land-Management Agencies, Conservation Organizations, and Others Use Ecoregion Maps
• Summary and Conclusions.