The ecological city : preserving and restoring urban biodiversity / edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Rowan A. Rowntree, and Pamela C. Muick.

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TextPublication details: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c1994.Description: x, 291 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:

9780870238840 (pbk.)
0870238841 (pbk.) :

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307.76 ECO 23 005485

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Table of contents

Contents:

The Ecological City: Introduction and Overview / Rutherford H. Platt I. Perspectives on Nature in Cities. From Commons to Commons: Evolving Concepts of Open Space in North American Cities / Rutherford H. Platt. Design with City Nature: An Overview of Some Issues / Michael Hough. Sustainability in Urban Ecosystems: Beyond an Object of Study / Orie L. Loucks II. Urbanization and Riparian/Aquatic Ecosystems. Sustainability of Urban Wetlands / Marjorie M. Holland and Raymond W. Prach. The Des Plaines River Wetlands Demonstration Project: Restoring an Urban Wetland / Donald L. Hey. Lake Tahoe: A Microcosm for the Study of the Impact of Urbanization on Fragile Ecosystems / Charles R. Goldman. Wetlands in the Urban Landscape of the United States / James A. Schmid III. Urbanization and Terrestrial Ecosyetems. The Deep Significance of Urban Trees and Forests / John F. Dwyer, Herbert W. Schroeder and Paul H. Gobster. Cooling Urban Heat Islands with Sustainable Landscapes / E. Gregory McPherson. Wildflower Meadows as Sustainable Landscapes / Jack Ahern and Jestena Boughton. The Indiana Dunes: Applications of Landscape Ecology to Urban Park Management / Richard Whitman, Daniel B. Fagre, Noel B. Pavlovic and Kenneth L. Cole. Rethinking the Urban Park: Rediscovering Urban Solutions / Annaliese Bischoff IV. Collaborative Efforts. The Greening of Federal Flood-Control Policies: The Wildcat-San Pablo Creeks Case / Ann L. Riley. Reconciling Urban Growth and Endangered Species: The Coachella Valley Habitat Conservation Plan / Timothy Beatley. The Metropolitan Portland Urban Natural Resource Program / Joseph Poracsky and Michael C. Houck. Ecology Education for City Children / Karen S. Hollweg Conclusion: Crosscutting Themes and Recommendations / Rutherford H. Platt.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	307.76 ECO 005485 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005485

This volume evolved from the 1990 Symposium on Sustainable Cities, held at the museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences.

Includes bibliographical references.

The Ecological City: Introduction and Overview / Rutherford H. Platt
I. Perspectives on Nature in Cities. From Commons to Commons: Evolving Concepts of Open Space in North American Cities / Rutherford H. Platt. Design with City Nature: An Overview of Some Issues / Michael Hough. Sustainability in Urban Ecosystems: Beyond an Object of Study / Orie L. Loucks
II. Urbanization and Riparian/Aquatic Ecosystems. Sustainability of Urban Wetlands / Marjorie M. Holland and Raymond W. Prach. The Des Plaines River Wetlands Demonstration Project: Restoring an Urban Wetland / Donald L. Hey. Lake Tahoe: A Microcosm for the Study of the Impact of Urbanization on Fragile Ecosystems / Charles R. Goldman. Wetlands in the Urban Landscape of the United States / James A. Schmid
III. Urbanization and Terrestrial Ecosyetems. The Deep Significance of Urban Trees and Forests / John F. Dwyer, Herbert W. Schroeder and Paul H. Gobster. Cooling Urban Heat Islands with Sustainable Landscapes / E. Gregory McPherson. Wildflower Meadows as Sustainable Landscapes / Jack Ahern and Jestena Boughton. The Indiana Dunes: Applications of Landscape Ecology to Urban Park Management / Richard Whitman, Daniel B. Fagre, Noel B. Pavlovic and Kenneth L. Cole. Rethinking the Urban Park: Rediscovering Urban Solutions / Annaliese Bischoff
IV. Collaborative Efforts. The Greening of Federal Flood-Control Policies: The Wildcat-San Pablo Creeks Case / Ann L. Riley. Reconciling Urban Growth and Endangered Species: The Coachella Valley Habitat Conservation Plan / Timothy Beatley. The Metropolitan Portland Urban Natural Resource Program / Joseph Poracsky and Michael C. Houck. Ecology Education for City Children / Karen S. Hollweg
Conclusion: Crosscutting Themes and Recommendations / Rutherford H. Platt.

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