Urban Regions - Ecology and Planning Beyond the City

Informationen zum Autor Richard T. T. Forman is currently Harvard University's PAES Professor of Landscape Ecology. He has taught at the University of Wisconsin and Rutgers University, is an AAAS Fellow and has received the Lindback Award for Teaching Excellence. Klappentext A pioneering book bulging with promising land patterns for students! planners! conservationists and policy makers. Zusammenfassung Combining ecological science and urban planning! Forman's book features 38 colour maps! a case study of the Barcelona Region! 78 land-use principles as well as a rich array of tangible good and bad land patterns extracted from urban regions worldwide. An essential purchase for students! planners! conservationists and policy makers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Regions and land mosaics; 2. Planning land; 3. Economic dimensions and social patterns; 4. Natural systems and greenspaces; 5. Thirty-eight urban regions; 6. Nature, food, and water; 7. Built systems, built areas, and whole regions; 8. Urbanization models and options; 9. Basic principles for molding land mosaics; 10. The Barcelona region's land mosaic; 11. Gathering the pieces; 12. Big pictures.

Product details

• Authors: Richard T. T. Forman, Richard T. T. (Harvard University Forman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.06.2008
• EAN: 9780521670760
• ISBN: 978-0-521-67076-0
• No. of pages: 478
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education