Connected Lands New Perspectives on Ecological Networks Planning /

• Main Authors: Schilleci, Filippo (Author), Todaro, Vincenzo (Author), Lotta, Francesca (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: UNIPA Springer Series,
• Subjects: Geography.; Urban geography.; Landscape ecology.; Nature conservation.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Landscape Ecology.; Nature Conservation.

This book explores and outlines the reference theoretical basis of ecological networks within the international debate, focusing on how protected areas should no longer be considered as the sum of different components but rather as a network. The various European, transnational and national models o...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• New Perspectives on Ecological Networks
• Ecological networks and planning
• Ecological network, application of a model in Sicily
• Conclusions.