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| Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Ecological city. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c1994 (OCoLC)655144982 |
| Material Type: | Conference publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Rutherford H Platt; Rowan A Rowntree; Pamela C Muick |
| ISBN: | 0870238833 9780870238833 0870238841 9780870238840 |
| OCLC Number: | 28421894 |
| Notes: | This volume evolved from the 1990 Symposium on Sustainable Cities, held at the museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences. |
| Description: | x, 291 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| 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. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Rowan A. Rowntree, and Pamela C. Muick. |
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