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The unprecedented growth of cities and towns around the world,
coupled with the unknown effects of global change, has created an
urgent need to increase ecological understanding of human
settlements, in order to develop inhabitable, sustainable cities
and towns in the future. Although there is a wealth of knowledge
regarding the understanding of human organisation and behaviour,
there is comparably little information available regarding the
ecology of cities and towns. This book brings together leading
scientists, landscape designers and planners from developed and
developing countries around the world, to explore how urban
ecological research has been undertaken to date, what has been
learnt, where there are gaps in knowledge, and what the future
challenges and opportunities are.
Urbanization is a global phenomenon that is increasingly
challenging human society. It is therefore crucially important to
ensure that the relentless expansion of cities and towns proceeds
sustainably. Urban ecology, the interdisciplinary study of
ecological patterns and processes in towns and cities, is a rapidly
developing field that can provide a scientific basis for the
informed decision-making and planning needed to create both viable
and sustainable cities. Urban Ecology brings together an
international team of leading scientists to discuss our current
understanding of all aspects of urban environments, from the
biology of the organisms that inhabit them to the diversity of
ecosystem services and human social issues encountered within urban
landscapes. The book is divided into five sections with the first
describing the physical urban environment. Subsequent sections
examine ecological patterns and processes within the urban setting,
followed by the integration of ecology with social issues. The book
concludes with a discussion of the applications of urban ecology to
land-use planning. The emphasis throughout is on what we actually
know (as well as what we should know) about the complexities of
social-ecological systems in urban areas, in order to develop urban
ecology as a rigorous scientific discipline.
The unprecedented growth of cities and towns around the world,
coupled with the unknown effects of global change, has created an
urgent need to increase ecological understanding of human
settlements, in order to develop inhabitable, sustainable cities
and towns in the future. Although there is a wealth of knowledge
regarding the understanding of human organisation and behaviour,
there is comparably little information available regarding the
ecology of cities and towns. This book brings together leading
scientists, landscape designers and planners from developed and
developing countries around the world, to explore how urban
ecological research has been undertaken to date, what has been
learnt, where there are gaps in knowledge, and what the future
challenges and opportunities are.
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