The Planner's Guide to Natural Resource Conservation: The Science of Land Development Beyond the Metropolitan Fringe /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Esparza, Adrian X. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), McPherson, Guy (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Landscape ecology.; Community ecology, Biotic.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Urban ecology (Biology).; Nature conservation.; Sustainable development.; Nature Conservation.; Landscape Ecology.; Community & Population Ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Urban Ecology.; Sustainable Development.

Much of the country’s recent population growth is situated beyond the metropolitan fringe, where development consumes millions of acres of privately owned land. Exurbanization has become the dominant pattern of land development in America and there is no indication it will slow in the future. This d...