Towns, ecology, and the land / Richard T.T. Forman.
نوع المادة : نصاللغة: الإنجليزية الناشر:Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019وصف:xviii, 585 pages, 28 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781107199132
- 9781316648605
- QH541.5.C6 F676 2019
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | QH541.5.C6 F676 2019 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30020000208770 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | QH541.5.C6 F676 2019 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30020000208769 |
Includes bibliographical references.
Town, village, and land spatial patterns -- Flows and movements -- Change -- Human dimensions -- Soil, chemicals, air -- Water systems and waterbodies -- Plants, habitats, greenspaces -- Diverse animals and town pattern -- Commercial, industrial, and residential areas -- Cropland, pastureland, and towns -- Forestland, aridland, and towns -- Tying transportation, towns, and land together -- Toward better towns, better land.
"Towns and villages are sometimes viewed as minor, even quaint, spots, whereas this book boldly reconceptualizes these places as important dynamic environmental 'hotspots'. Multitudes of towns and villages with nearly half the world's population characterize perhaps half the global land surface. The book's pages feature ecological patterns, processes, and change, as well as human dimensions, both within towns and in strong connections and effects on surrounding agricultural land, forest land, and arid land. Towns, small to large, and villages are examined with spatial and cultural lenses. Ecological dimensions - water, soil and air systems, together with habitats, plants, wildlife and biodiversity - are highlighted. A concluding section presents concepts for making better towns and better land. From a pioneer in both landscape ecology and urban ecology, this highly international town ecology book opens an important frontier for researchers, students, professors, and professionals including environmental, town, and conservation planners"-- Provided by publisher.