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The Ecological city : preserving and restoring urban biodiversity
- Title
- The Ecological city : preserving and restoring urban biodiversity / edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Rowan A. Rowntree, Pamela C. Muick.
- Publication
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [1994], ©1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | HT243.U6 E26 1994 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 291 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
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- Note
- This volume evolved from the 1990 Symposium on Sustainable Cities, held at the museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0870238833 (cloth : alk. paper) :
- 0870238841 (pbk. : alk. paper) :
- LCCN
- 93026506
- OCLC
- 28421894
- ocm28421894
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries