Advances in Urban Ecology Integrating Humans and Ecological Processes in Urban Ecosystems /

• Main Author: Alberti, Marina (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Urban ecology (Biology).; Environment.; Life Sciences.; Urban Ecology.; Environment, general.

The future of Earth’s ecosystems is increasingly influenced by the pace and patterns of urbanization. One of the greatest challenges for natural and social scientists is to understand how urbanizing regions evolve through the complex interactions between humans and ecological processes. Questions an...

Table of Contents:

• The Urban Ecosystem
• Humans as a Component of Ecosystems
• Urban Patterns and Ecosystem Function
• Landscape Signatures
• Hydrological Processes
• Biogeochemical Processes
• Atmospheric Processes
• Population and Community Dynamics
• Futures of Urban Ecosystems
• Urban Ecology: A Synthesis.