Urban Ecology

Front Matter....Pages I-XXX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Urban Ecology — Scientific and Practical Aspects....Pages 3-16
Towards Ecological Sustainable Cities: Strategies, Models and Tools....Pages 17-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Perspectives on the Environment: New Options....Pages 25-30
Environmental Accounting on a Communal Level....Pages 33-37
Urban Development and Environmental Policy: Objectives Outline of a Multi-disciplinary Research Programme....Pages 38-42
Environmental Quality Goals and Standards as a Basis and Way to an Agenda 21 for Leipzig....Pages 43-48
Environmental Quality Targets for Urban Structural Units in Leipzig with a View to Sustainable Urban Development....Pages 49-54
The Role of „Process Chains Analysis“ in Investigating Environmental Problems of Cities....Pages 55-59
Environmental Quality Targets in the City of Wiesbaden....Pages 60-64
Assessing the Metabolism of Urban Systems for Urban Planning....Pages 65-69
The Urban Climate and Municipal Climate Protection — Different Sides of the Same Coin?....Pages 73-77
A Case Study on the Effects of Vegetation on the Climate in the Urban Area....Pages 78-81
Assessment of Human-Biometeorological Conditions in Different Kinds of Urban Structures....Pages 82-86
Models for Setting up a Biometeorological Warning System over a Populated Area in Havana....Pages 87-91
Air Quality in a Tropical Mega-City — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....Pages 95-98
Airborne Pollutants from Mobile Sources for the City of Mendoza, Argentina....Pages 99-103
Suburban Commercial Estates and their Impact on the Situation of Immissions in the City of Leipzig....Pages 104-108
Assessment of Ambient Air Quality in an Urban Ecosystem....Pages 109-113
Estimation of Air Quality by Complex Index....Pages 114-118
Sustainable Berlin by Process Coupling between City and Catchment....Pages 121-126
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Infiltration of Storm Water Runoff with Respect to Soil- and Groundwater Protection....Pages 127-132
Requirements and Possibilities of Best Management Practices for Stormwater Run-off from the View of Ecological Town Planning....Pages 133-137
Comprehensive Stormwater Management in Urbanising Townships in the US and its Implications for Germany....Pages 138-143
Input and Output of Airborne Aggressive Substances on Green Roofs in Karlsruhe....Pages 144-148
Development of the City of Poznañ and Changes in the Network of Water Courses and Climate....Pages 151-152
Thermal Characteristics of Kolozsvár Urban Area....Pages 153-155
Heavy Metals: Chemical Time Bombs in Urban Soils....Pages 156-158
On-Site Measurement Technique — a Useful Instrument for the Investigation of Environmental Pollution....Pages 159-161
Feasibility Study on Effective Utilization of Sewage Heat in Urban Area with GIS....Pages 162-164
Anomalies of Heavy Metals in Soils of Urban Landscapes....Pages 165-167
Use of Lichens for the Indication of Air Pollution Dynamics in Cities....Pages 168-170
Vegetation as a Sink for PAH in Urban Regions....Pages 171-173
Estimation of Potential Nitrogen Pollution from Urban Soils....Pages 174-177
Environmental Quality Monitoring in Urban Territories with Reference to Riga....Pages 178-180
The Role of Social Participants in the Communal Process of Climate Protection....Pages 181-182
Permeable Pavements — an Appropriate Method to Reduce Stormwater Flow in Urban Sewer Systems?....Pages 183-186
Sana’a Urban Ecological Planning Guidelines....Pages 187-189
Geo-Ecological Investigations of Urban Soils in Modern Estates in Halle and Leipzig (Germany) — Geo-Ecological Inventory, Modelling and Planning in Urban Ecosystems....Pages 190-191
Daylight in Housing Constructions....Pages 192-194
Transport, Transformation and Retention of Harmful Anthropogenic Substances in Urban Areas....Pages 195-197
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
The Influence of Shanghai Urban Development on Urban Climate and Human Comfort....Pages 198-200
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
The Social Dimension of Urban Ecology....Pages 203-209
Local Agenda 21 Processes and Integrated Urban Development Planning in Germany....Pages 213-217
Community Energy Planning — Energy Action Plan of Brundtland Town Rajec....Pages 218-222
Targets for Sustainable City Development — The Example of Halle (Saale)....Pages 223-227
A Normative Model for Urban Ecology Practice: Establishing Performance Propositions for Ecological Planning and Design....Pages 228-232
Integrated Flow Management in European Urban Regions: Managing Technical Networks as Instruments for Environmental Change....Pages 233-237
Thoughts Concerning a Theory of Sustainable Urban Development....Pages 238-243
From Sustain ability to Create ability? — Analysing Local Agenda 21 -Initiatives....Pages 244-248
Building a Totally Functioning and Ecologically Vivid City — A Chinese Way Towards a Sustainable City....Pages 249-253
An Integrated Urban Framework for Cities, their Inhabitants and their Environment in the Information Society....Pages 254-259
Citizens — The Building Material of Sustainable Cities....Pages 263-266
Is There Such a Thing as the Aesthetics of Sustainable Cities and What Could It be Like?....Pages 267-272
Objective and Subjective Indicators to Evaluate Quality of Life (QOL) in Two Districts in the Stockholm Region....Pages 273-277
Interdependencies Between Ecological and Social Problems in Residential Areas....Pages 278-283
The Meyer’sche Häuser (Meyer’s Houses) in Leipzig — an Example of Careful, Socially Balanced Urban Revitalisation in East-Germany....Pages 284-287
Beijing’s Socio-Spatial Structure in Transition....Pages 288-293
Promoting Sustainable Urban Environments by Continuing Education for Local Authorities....Pages 297-301
Ecology as Urban Culture....Pages 302-306
Scenario Techniques as a Tool for Supporting Endeavours to Analyse Complex Problems in Urban Ecology....Pages 307-310
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Social Limitations of Sustainable Water Consumption....Pages 311-314
Urban Brooks: Task and Pleasure for Engaged Citizens....Pages 315-319
Rufisque — Surviving City in Senegal....Pages 320-323
CEMIS Indonesia: Community-Based Assessment and Monitoring of Living Conditions with the Help of a House Card....Pages 327-331
The Environmental Impact of the Spatial Restructuring of Retailing in City Regions of Eastern Germany....Pages 332-337
Sustainable Regional Development in the EXPO Correspondence Region of Anhalt-Bitterfeld-Wittenberg (Germany)....Pages 338-342
Vienna is Different (!?) — a Critical View of the Current Development of City Limits and Landscape in the Vienna Urban Area....Pages 343-348
Planning Model for the Realisation of an Eco-city — The Case of Taejon Metropolitan City....Pages 349-353
Ecological Aspects in Suburban Renewal and Experiences in Finland....Pages 354-358
Adelaide and Whyalla: The Practice of Urban Ecology in Two Australian Eco-city Projects....Pages 359-364
Leipzig-East Regional Project....Pages 365-370
Improvement of Living and Environmental Conditions of Informal Squatters in Hanoi....Pages 371-375
Preservation of Environmental Conditions in Cities: A Case Study of an Ecological, Economic and Social Approach in the Lake Area on Pokhara Valley (Nepal)....Pages 376-378
From Garrison to Town....Pages 381-383
Inhabitants’ Response to Ecological Issues Affecting their Daily Lifestyles....Pages 384-386
Investigations of the Acceptance of Selected Green Areas in Leipzig City....Pages 387-389
Social Atlas of Leipzig....Pages 390-391
The Urbanisation of Slums in Belo Horizonte — Slums, Slums Profile....Pages 392-393
Urban Ecological Problems in the Landscape of an Old Industrial Region. Case Study: Resita....Pages 394-397
‘Habitat Ecology’ IM-192 & IM-32TP as a Small Town of the Future....Pages 398-400
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Urban Poverty and the Environment in Botswana....Pages 401-403
Green Areas in the City — Acceptance of Changes. Halle (Saale) as an Example....Pages 404-406
Land Use and Environment of Mendoza, Argentina....Pages 407-408
EUROPEAN RURAL AGENDA 21 towards Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development in Rural Europe....Pages 409-411
Front Matter....Pages 413-413
Compensation in Land-Use Planning — a Framework for Sustainable Land-Use within an Hierarchical System of Spatial Planning....Pages 415-421
A Procedure of Compositional Data Analysis for Land Use Planning....Pages 422-429
The Assessment of Cumulative Environmental Impacts in EIA and Land-Use Planning....Pages 433-437
Environmental Impact Assessment ( EIA ) for Types of Land Use....Pages 438-441
Urban Structural Units as a Key Indicator for Monitoring and Optimising the Urban Environment....Pages 442-445
Contaminated Sites and Urban Ecology in São Paulo, Brazil....Pages 446-450
Identifying Urban Soil Sealing by High Resolution Remote Sensing Methods....Pages 451-455
Integration of Remote Sensing Data and GIS to Facilitate Change Detection in Urban Areas....Pages 456-460
Strategies for Preventing Suburbanisation (1997)....Pages 461-465
Impacts of the Development of Belo Horizonte on the Serra do Curral Mountain Range....Pages 466-469
Ecologically Efficient Use of the Building Stock: A Concept of Agencies for Living Space....Pages 470-474
Environmental Care in Urban Land Use Planning — a Component of Sustainable Development....Pages 477-478
Developing an Urban Landscape Management Concept through the Integration of Environmental Quality Goals and Environmental Information Systems....Pages 479-481
Ecological Planning in the UK and Suburbanisation in the Glasgow Conurbation....Pages 482-484
Front Matter....Pages 485-485
Space Demand and Traffic Development — Ways and Means of Reduction (Sustainable Mobility and Urban Structure)....Pages 487-493
Least Cost Transportation Planning — An Information System for Economically Efficient Low-Impact Mobility in Cities....Pages 494-501
Front Matter....Pages 485-485
Sustainable Mobility in Urban Regions Aims, Methods, Planning Strategies....Pages 505-509
Transport and Environment: Principles and Guidelines Towards Sustainable Means of Transport....Pages 510-514
Modern Society and Urban Transport — Understanding the Difficulties in Achieving Ecologically Responsible Mobility....Pages 515-518
The Alternative Means of Transport for Protection of the Ecological Environment in Hanoi — Vietnam....Pages 519-522
A Multidimensional Concept of Mobility — A New Approach to Urban Transportation Research and Planning....Pages 523-527
Motor Vehicles and Sustainable Urban Transport — How Can this Conflict be Solved?....Pages 528-532
Modelling the Ecological Effects of Traffic on a Regional Scale Using GIS....Pages 533-537
The Impact of Land Use Patterns on Mobility Structures....Pages 541-546
Mobility Concepts in a Large New Housing Estate in Eastern Germany. The Example of Leipzig-Grünau....Pages 547-550
Mobility Models and Traffic Behaviour — An Empirical Socio-Ecological Research Project....Pages 551-556
Car-Sharing — from the Point of View of a Municipality....Pages 557-561
Motivation and Conditions for Mobility without a Car....Pages 562-566
Nitrogen Deposition from the Dennis Agreement and Terrestrial Ecosystems Impact Identification Using GIS....Pages 569-573
Habitat Fragmentation and Roads: Strategy, Objectives and Practical Measures for Mitigation and Compensation....Pages 574-578
Analysis of Transport Measures for Traffic Avoidance through Reduction of Motorised Private Transport (MPT) in Leipzig....Pages 581-583
Transport in the Municipality of Iasi — a Challenge for Sustainability....Pages 584-585
Front Matter....Pages 587-587
Integration of Nature in Urban Development....Pages 589-592
Urban Development and the Integration of Nature: Reality or Fiction?....Pages 593-599
Relative Susceptibility of Plants in a Dry Tropical Urban Environment....Pages 603-607
An Analysis of the Condition of Peatlands in the Urban Landscape....Pages 608-612
Front Matter....Pages 587-587
Documentation of Genetic Differences in a Volunteer Grass, Poa annua (Annual Meadowgrass), under Different Conditions of Golf Course Turf, and Implications for Urban Landscape Plant Selection and Management....Pages 613-617
Long-term Observation of the Fauna of Two Manmade Nature Habitats in Cities of the Ruhr-Valley Area....Pages 618-622
Impacts of Site Disturbance on the Small Mammal Fauna of Urban Woodlands....Pages 623-627
Assessment of Habitats for Nature Conservation in Japanese Cities — Procedure of a Pilot Study on Biotope Mapping in the Urban Agglomeration of Tokyo....Pages 631-635
Comprehensive Approach to the Urban Environmental Status in Brazil Using the Biotope Mapping Methodology....Pages 636-640
Comprehensive Biotope Mapping in the City of Mainz — a Tool for Integrated Nature Conservation and Sustainable Urban Planning....Pages 641-647
Derived Vegetation Map of Berlin....Pages 648-652
The Suburban National Park as a Form of Town Green Zone Territory Management....Pages 653-656
Landscape Ecological Criteria as a Basis for the Planning of a Suburban Park in Milan....Pages 657-662
The Influence of NGOs in Preserving Green Places in Buenos Aires City....Pages 663-667
Post-industrial Landscape....Pages 671-675
Goals and Measures of Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection in Urban Cultural Landscapes of Central Europe — Examples from Leipzig....Pages 676-682
The Development of a Simple Geographic Information System for Use in Urban Ecological Landscape Analysis and Decision-Making....Pages 683-687
Regional Parks as Tools for Protecting the Landscape in the Suburban Development of Berlin....Pages 688-691
Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Carabid Assemblages in the Urban Setting: Implications for Planning and Management....Pages 692-695
Comparative Studies on the Size of Annual Rings, Leaf Growth and the Structure of Treetops of Urban Trees in Frankfurt/Main....Pages 699-701
Extensive Biotope Mapping in Cologne as a Basis for the Protection of Nature through Landscape Planning....Pages 702-705
Green Coverage for an Overcrowded City — an Evaluation Method for Urban Green Areas Using Landsat TM....Pages 706-708
Effect of Urbanisation on Local Herpetofauna and its Possible Indicator Value, a Decade-Long Experience in Budapest....Pages 709-712
Proposal for an Interdisciplinary Nature Conservation Assessment Approach Applied to an Exemplary Evaluation of Nunhead Cemetery, London, UK....Pages 713-714