Understanding Urban Ecology An Interdisciplinary Systems Approach /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hall, Myrna H. P. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Balogh, Stephen B. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Urban ecology (Biology).; Ecosystems.; Sustainable development.; Environmental management.; Nature conservation.; Urban Ecology.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Management.; Nature Conservation.

Over half of the world's population now lives in urban areas. Few who live in cities understand that cities, too, are ecosystems, as beholden to the laws and principles of ecology as are natural ecosystems. Understanding Urban Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Systems Approach introduces students a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface. 1. What Is Urban Ecology and Why Should We Study It?
• 2. Urban Ecology from a Biophysical and Systems Perspective
• 3. Social Processes, Urban Ecosystems and Sustainability
• 4. Scale and Metabolism in Ancient Cities
• 5. Economy and Development in Modern Cities
• 6. The Urban Hydrological System
• 7. The Climate System
• 8. The Atmospheric System: Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases
• 9. Nutrient Biogeochemistry of Urban Systems
• 10. Material Cycles
• 11. The Biological System: Plants in the Urban Environment
• 12. The Biological System: Urban Wildlife, Adaptation and Evolution; Urbanization as a Driver of Contemporary Evolution in Gray Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis)
• 13. Environmental Justice in the Urban Environment
• 14. Urban Food Systems
• 15. 15. Urban Design Toward More Holistic Systems: Improving Discipline Integration and Sustainability Evaluation
• 16. The Epilogue.