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

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...

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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.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • SECTION 1: HISTORY AND FUNDAMENTAL ECOLOGICAL CONCEPTS
  • Exurbanization and Aldo Leopold’s Human–Land Community
  • Fundamental Concepts in Ecology
  • Climate Change and Ecology in Rural Lands
  • SECTION 2: EXURBAN LAND DEVELOPMENT, HABITAT AND WILDLIFE
  • Biodiversity and Residential Development Beyond the Urban Fringe
  • Wildlife Corridors and Developed Landscapes
  • Exurban Land Development and Breeding Birds
  • Integrating Wildlife Conservation into Land-Use Plans for Rapidly Growing Cities
  • Into the Wild: Vegetation, Alien Plants, and Familiar Fire at the Exurban Frontier
  • SECTION 3: WATER RESOURCES, WETLANDS AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT
  • Impacts of Exurban Development on Water Quality
  • Preparing for Human Expansion into Exurban Riparian Areas
  • Storm Water Management in Exurbia
  • SECTION 4: SCIENCE-BASED PLANNING IN EXURBAN AREAS
  • A Science-Based Approach to Regional Conservation Planning
  • Mitigating Environmental Problems in Exurban Development: An Overview of Rural-Specific Planning Devices.