Geo-Spatial Technologies in Urban Environments Policy, Practice, and Pixels /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jensen, Ryan R. (Editor), Gatrell, Jay D. (Editor), McLean, Daniel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Geography.; Earth sciences.; Geographical information systems.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Ecotoxicology.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Earth Sciences, general.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

I was introduced to cities as “ecosystems” by the late Professor Forest Stearns (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) who was an early pioneer in the studies of the urban ecology in the 1970s. I still recall the various terms: “Urban ecosystem”, “Urban zones” Urban corridors” Megacities” or “Megaciti...