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The Ecological city : preserving and restoring urban biodiversity

Author: Rutherford H Platt; Rowan A Rowntree; Pamela C Muick
Publisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©1994.
Edition/Format:   Book : Conference publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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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