The Routledge handbook of urban ecology / Ian Douglas.

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Part 1 Context, history and philosophies; Introduction; 1 Urban ecology: Definitions and goals; 2 The analysis of cities as ecosystems; 3 Urban ecology and industrial ecology; 4 Urban areas in the context of human ecology; 5 In livable cities is preservation of the wild: The politics of providing for nature in cities; 6 The human relationship with nature: Rights of animals and plants in the urban context; 7 Urban natural histories to urban ecologies: The growth of the study of urban nature. 8 Planning for nature in towns and cities: A historical perspective9 How much is urban nature worth? And for whom?: Thoughts from ecological economics; Part 2 The urban ecological environment; Introduction; 10 Climate of cities; 11 Urban heat islands; 12 Urban effects on precipitation and associated convective processes; 13 Urban hydrology; 14 Urban geomorphology; 15 Urban soils; 16 The process of natural succession in urban areas; 17 Recombinant ecology of urban areas: Characterisation, context and creativity; 18 Creative conservation; Part 3 The nature of urban habitats; Introduction. 19 Walls and paved surfaces: Urban complexes with limited water and nutrients20 Urban cliffs; 21 Suburban mosaic of houses, roads, gardens and mature trees; 22 Urban wildlife corridors: Conduits for movement or linear habitat?; 23 Landscaped parks and open spaces; 24 Grassland on reclaimed soil, with streets, car parks and buildings but few or no mature trees; 25 Urban contaminated land; 26 Urban woodlands as distinctive and threatened nature-in-city patches; 27 Wetlands in urban environments; 28 Urban animal ecology; 29 Feral animals in the urban environment. Part 4 Ecosystem services and urban ecologyIntroduction; 30 Intrinsic and aesthetic values of urban nature: A journalist's view from London; 31 Intrinsic and aesthetic values of urban nature: A psychological perspective; 32 Urban nature and human physical health; 33 Urban nature: Human psychological and community health; 34 Street trees and the urban environment; 35 Urban gardens and biodiversity; Part 5 Methodologies; Introduction; 36 Urban habitat analysis; 37 Urban habitat type mapping; 38 Invasive species and their response to climate change; 39 Urban biogeochemical flux analysis. 40 Urban metabolism analysisPart 6 Applications and policy implications; Introduction; 41 Delivering urban greenspace for people and wildlife; 42 Urban areas and the biosphere reserve concept; 43 Urban ecology and sustainable urban drainage; 44 Green roofs, urban vegetation and urban runoff; 45 The role of green infrastructure in adapting cities to climate change; 46 Creative use of therapeutic green spaces; 47 Peri-urban ecology: Green infrastructure in the twenty- first century metro-scape; 48 Biodiversity as a statutory component of urban planning

This Handbook contains original contributions from leading academics and practitioners from across the world to provide an in-depth coverage of the main elements of practical urban ecology. The sixty-five chapters provide practitioners and students with the wealth of interdisciplinary information needed to manage the biota and green landscapes in urban areas. In six parts it deals with the philosophies, concepts and history of urban ecology; followed by consideration of the biophysical character of the urban environment and the diverse habitats found within it. It then examines human relations