Resilience in Ecology and Urban Design Linking Theory and Practice for Sustainable Cities /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pickett, S.T.A (Editor), Cadenasso, M.L (Editor), McGrath, Brian (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Future City, 3
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Landscape architecture.; Ecosystems.; Urban ecology (Biology).; Sustainable development.; Life Sciences.; Urban Ecology.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Sustainable Development.; Landscape Architecture.

The contributors to this volume propose strategies of urgent and vital importance that aim to make today’s urban environments more resilient. Resilience, the ability of complex systems to adapt to changing conditions, is a key frontier in ecological research and is especially relevant in creative ur...