Urban Biodiversity and Design

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 634
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

With the continual growth of the world's urban population, biodiversity in towns and cities will play a critical role in global biodiversity. This is the first book to provide an overview of international developments in urban biodiversity and sustainable design. It brings together the views, experiences and expertise of leading scientists and designers from the industrialised and pre-industrialised countries from around the world. The contributors explore the biological, cultural and social values of urban biodiversity, including methods for assessing and evaluating urban biodiversity, social and educational issues, and practical measures for restoring and maintaining biodiversity in urban areas. Contributions come from presenters at an international scientific conference held in Erfurt, Germany 2008 during the 9th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biodiversity. This is also Part of our Conservation Science and Practice book series (with Zoological Society of London).Content:
Chapter 1 Urban Biodiversity and the Case for Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity in Towns and Cities (pages 1–33): Norbert Muller and Peter Werner
Chapter 2 Biodiversity of Urban?Industrial Areas and its Evaluation – A Critical Review (pages 35–55): Rudiger Wittig
Chapter 3 Cultural Aspects of Urban Biodiversity (pages 56–80): Andy Millard
Chapter 4 Social Aspects of Urban Biodiversity – An Overview (pages 81–100): Sarel Cilliers
Chapter 5 Urban Biodiversity and Climate Change (pages 101–117): David J. Nowak
Chapter 6 Design and Future of Urban Biodiversity (pages 118–144): Maria Ignatieva
Chapter 7 Urban Patterns and Biological Diversity: A Review (pages 145–173): Peter Werner and Rudolf Zahner
Chapter 8 Urban Flora: Historic, Contemporary and Future Trends (pages 175–190): Philip James
Chapter 9 Environmental History and Urban Colonizations from an Avian Perspective (pages 191–205): Timo Vuorisalo
Chapter 10 Constraints of Urbanization on Vegetation Dynamics in a Growing City: A Chronological Framework in Rennes (France) (pages 206–226): Vincent Pellissier, Francoise Roze and Phillipe Clergeau
Chapter 11 Most Frequently Occurring Vascular Plants and the Role of Non?Native Species in Urban Areas – A Comparison of Selected Cities in the Old and the New Worlds (pages 227–242): Norbert Muller
Chapter 12 Factors Influencing Non?Native Tree Species Distribution in Urban Landscapes (pages 243–251): Wayne C. Zipperer
Chapter 13 Towards an Automated Update of Urban Biotope Maps Using Remote Sensing Data: What is Possible? (pages 253–272): Mathias Bochow, Theres Peisker, Sigrid Roessner, Karl Segl and Hermann Kaufmann
Chapter 14 Analysis of the Planted and Spontaneous Vegetation at Selected Open Spaces in Apipucos District of Recife, Brazil (pages 273–290): Dietmar Sattler, Simone Schmidt and Marccus Vinicius da Silva Alves
Chapter 15 Multivariate Approaches to the Study of Urban Biodiversity and Vegetation: An Example from a Southern Temperate Colonial City, Christchurch, New Zealand (pages 291–308): Glenn H. Stewart, Maria Ignatieva and Colin D. Meurk
Chapter 16 The Biodiversity of Historic Domestic Gardens – A Study in the Wilhelminian Quarter of Erfurt (Germany) (pages 309–322): Norbert Muller
Chapter 17 Old Masonry Walls as Ruderal Habitats for Biodiversity Conservation and Enhancement in Urban Hong Kong (pages 323–347): C. Y. Jim
Chapter 18 Green Roofs – Urban Habitats for Ground?Nesting Birds and Plants (pages 348–362): Nathalie Baumann and Friederike Kasten
Chapter 19 South Atlantic Tourist Resorts: Predictors for Changes Induced by Afforestation (pages 363–379): Ana Faggi, Pablo Perepelizin and Jose R. Dadon
Chapter 20 Urban Green Spaces: Natural and Accessible? The Case of Greater Manchester, UK (pages 381–405): Aleksandra Kazmierczak, Richard Armitage and Philip James
Chapter 21 Urban Wastelands – A Chance for Biodiversity in Cities? Ecological Aspects, Social Perceptions and Acceptance of Wilderness by Residents (pages 406–424): Juliane Mathey and Dieter Rink
Chapter 22 Perception of Biodiversity – The Impact of School Gardening (pages 425–440): Dorothee Benkowitz and Karlheinz Kohler
Chapter 23 Landscape Design and Children's Participation in a Japanese Primary School – Planning Process of School Biotope for 5 Years (pages 441–453): Keitaro Ito, Ingunn Fjortoft, Tohru Manabe, Kentaro Masuda, Mahito Kamada and Katsunori Fujiwara
Chapter 24 Attracting Interest in Urban Biodiversity with Bird Studies in Italy (pages 454–462): Marco Dinetti
Chapter 25 Allotment Gardens as Part of Urban Green Infrastructure: Actual Trends and Perspectives in Central Europe (pages 463–475): Jurgen H. Breuste
Chapter 26 Integration of Natural Vegetation in Urban Design – Information, Personal Determination and Commitment (pages 477–496): Clas Florgard
Chapter 27 Prospects of Biodiversity in the Mega?City of Karachi, Pakistan: Potentials, Constraints and Implications (pages 497–517): Salman Qureshi and Jurgen H. Breuste
Chapter 28 Potential of Biodiversity and Recreation in Shrinking Cities: Contextualization and Operationalization (pages 518–538): Dagmar Haase and Sophie Schetke
Chapter 29 Near?Natural Restoration Strategies in Post?Mining Landscapes (pages 539–555): Anita Kirmer and Sabine Tischew
Chapter 30 Restoration and Design of Calcareous Grasslands in Urban and Suburban Areas: Examples from the Munich Plain (pages 556–571): Christine Joas, Johannes Gnadinger, Klaus Wiesinger, Rudiger Haase and Kathrin Kiehl
Chapter 31 Contribution of Landscape Design to Changing Urban Climate Conditions (pages 572–592): Katrin Hagen and Richard Stiles
Chapter 32 Economics and the Convention on Biodiversity: Financial Incentives for Encouraging Biodiversity in Nagoya (pages 593–607): Ryo Kohsaka