Urban Ecology: An International Perspective on the Interaction Between Humans and Nature

Front Matter....Pages I-XXV
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Human Domination of Earth’s Ecosystems....Pages 3-13
Humans as the World’s Greatest Evolutionary Force....Pages 15-24
Urbanization....Pages 25-48
Urban Ecology as an Interdisciplinary Field: Differences in the use of “Urban” Between the Social and Natural Sciences....Pages 49-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-69
The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project....Pages 71-78
On the Early History of Urban Ecology in Europe....Pages 79-97
Urban Ecological Systems: Linking Terrestrial Ecological, Physical, and Socioeconomic Components of Metropolitan Areas....Pages 99-122
Integrated Approaches to Long-Term Studies of Urban Ecological Systems....Pages 123-141
Integrating Humans into Ecology: Opportunities and Challenges for Studying Urban Ecosystems....Pages 143-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Sealing of Soils....Pages 161-179
Producing and Consuming Chemicals: The Moral Economy of the American Lawn....Pages 181-205
Streams in the Urban Landscape....Pages 207-231
The Urban Climate – Basic and Applied Aspects....Pages 233-248
Global Warming and the Urban Heat Island....Pages 249-262
A Retrospective Assessment of Mortality from the London Smog Episode of 1952: The Role of Influenza and Pollution....Pages 263-268
Heat Waves, Urban Climate and Human Health....Pages 269-278
Front Matter....Pages 279-280
The City as a Subject for Ecological Research....Pages 281-298
Ecosystem Processes Along an Urban-to-Rural Gradient....Pages 299-313
House Sparrows Rapid Evolution of Races in North America....Pages 315-320
On the Role of Alien Species in Urban Flora and Vegetation....Pages 321-338
Front Matter....Pages 279-280
Socioeconomics Drive Urban Plant Diversity....Pages 339-347
Fauna of the Big City – Estimating Species Richness and Abundance in Warsaw Poland....Pages 349-354
Island Biogeography for an Urbanizing World How Extinction and Colonization May Determine Biological Diversity in Human-Dominated Landscapes....Pages 355-371
A Long Term Survey of the Avifauna in an Urban Park....Pages 373-376
Biodiversity in the Argentinean Rolling Pampa Ecoregion: Changes Caused by Agriculture and Urbanisation....Pages 377-389
Does Differential Access to Protein Influence Differences in Timing of Breeding of Florida Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens) in Suburban and Wildland Habitats?....Pages 391-404
Creating a Homogeneous Avifauna....Pages 405-424
Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Urbanization’s Impacts on Fish....Pages 425-436
Bat Activity in an Urban Landscape: Patterns at the Landscape and Microhabitat Scale....Pages 437-453
Urbanization and Spider Diversity: Influences of Human Modification of Habitat Structure and Productivity....Pages 455-472
Front Matter....Pages 473-474
Social Science Concepts and Frameworks for Understanding Urban Ecosystems....Pages 475-483
The Iceberg and the Titanic: Human Economic Behavior in Ecological Models....Pages 485-492
Forecasting Demand for Urban Land....Pages 493-518
Characteristics, Causes, and Effects of Sprawl: A Literature Review....Pages 519-535
Urban Ecological Footprints: Why Cities Cannot be Sustainable—and Why They are a Key to Sustainability....Pages 537-555
Health, Supportive Environments, and the Reasonable Person Model....Pages 557-565
Relationship Between Urban Sprawl and Physical Activity, Obesity, and Morbidity....Pages 567-582
Megacities as Global Risk Areas....Pages 583-596
Why Is Understanding Urban Ecosystems Important to People Concerned About Environmental Justice?....Pages 597-605
Front Matter....Pages 607-609
The Struggle to Govern the Commons....Pages 611-622
Front Matter....Pages 607-609
Modeling the Urban Ecosystem: A Conceptual Framework....Pages 623-646
Scientific, Institutional, and Individual Constraints on Restoring Puget Sound Rivers....Pages 647-659
Toward Ecosystem Management: Shifts in the Core and the Context of Urban Forest Ecology....Pages 661-675
What Is the Form of a City, and How Is It Made?....Pages 677-690
What Should an Ideal City Look Like from an Ecological View? – Ecological Demands on the Future City....Pages 691-698
Land Use Planning and Wildlife Maintenance....Pages 699-713
Terrestrial Nature Reserve Design at the Urban/Rural Interface....Pages 715-737
Restoration of Fragmented Landscapes for the Conservation of Birds: A General Framework and Specific Recommendations for Urbanizing Landscapes....Pages 739-755
Steps Involved in Designing Conservation Subdivisions: A Straightforward Approach....Pages 757-782
Beyond Greenbelts and Zoning: A New Planning Concept for the Environment of Asian Mega-Cities....Pages 783-796
Back Matter....Pages 797-807