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Advanced Remote Sensing for Urban and Landscape Ecology / / edited by Sk. Mustak, Dharmaveer Singh, Prashant Kumar Srivastava
| Advanced Remote Sensing for Urban and Landscape Ecology / / edited by Sk. Mustak, Dharmaveer Singh, Prashant Kumar Srivastava |
| Autore | Mustak Sk |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (326 pages) |
| Disciplina | 910.285 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SinghDharmaveer
SrivastavaPrashant Kumar |
| Collana | Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences |
| Soggetto topico |
Geographic information systems
Cartography Urban ecology (Biology) Human geography Geographical Information System Urban Ecology Human Geography |
| ISBN |
9789819930067
9819930065 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Data And Urban Poverty: Detecting And Characterising Slums And Deprived Urban Areas In Low-And Middle-Income Countries -- Investigation Of Ecological Sustainability Through The Landscape Approach Of Geospatial Technology: Study From New Town Project In Eastern India -- Advanced Remote Sensing For Sustainable Decent Housing For The Economically Challenged Urban Households -- Impact Of Uncontrolled Tourism Development On Landscape Ecology Of Purba Medinipur Coastal Region, West Bengal: A 4-C Framework And Swoc Analysis -- Impact Of Urban Heat Island: A Local-Level Urban Climate Phenomenon On Urban Ecology And Human Health -- Identification Of Environmental Epidemiology Through Advanced Remote Sensing Based On Ndvi -- Assessment Of Land Utilization Pattern And Their Relationship With Surface Temperature And Vegetation In Sikkim, India -- Monitoring Land Use And Land Cover Change Over Bhiwani District Using Google Earth Engine -- Image And Perception Of Royal Heritage And Eco-Space Of The Medium Towns In India: Reflection From Burdwan Royal Heritage Site -- Governance And Floodplain Extent Changes Of Yamuna River Floodplain In Megacity Delhi -- Assessing Urban Compactness Using Machine Learning And Earth Observation Datasets: A Case Study Of Kolkata City -- Analysis Of Ecological Vulnerability Behind The Land Conversion From Agriculture To Aquaculture Of Purba Medinipur District In West Bengal, India -- Environmental Change Analysis Using Remote Sensing And Gis: A Study Of Upper Baitarani Basin, Odisha -- Mapping Urban Footprint Using Machine Learning And Public Domain Datasets. |
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| Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Advanced Technologies for Sustainable Development of Urban Green Infrastructure : Proceedings of Smart and Sustainable Cities 2020 / / edited by Viacheslav Vasenev, Elvira Dovletyarova, Riccardo Valentini, Zhongqi Cheng, Carlo Calfapietra, Luis Inostroza, Michael Leuchner
| Advanced Technologies for Sustainable Development of Urban Green Infrastructure : Proceedings of Smart and Sustainable Cities 2020 / / edited by Viacheslav Vasenev, Elvira Dovletyarova, Riccardo Valentini, Zhongqi Cheng, Carlo Calfapietra, Luis Inostroza, Michael Leuchner |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 332 p. 116 illus., 91 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 307.1216 |
| Collana | Springer Geography |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Urban ecology (Biology) Climatology Soil science Sustainability Environmental Sciences Urban Ecology Climate Sciences Soil Science |
| ISBN | 3-030-75285-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Tree health of Larix sibirica Ledeb. in the railway impact zone on Kola Peninsula -- The influence of soil quality on trees’ health in urban forest -- Ground penetrating radar tomography application to study of live tree trunks: case studies of defects detection -- Morphological and Macroanatomical Indicators of Long-Term and Current State of Trees of Quercus -- Carbon Dioxide Fluxes of an Urban Forest in Moscow -- Regulating Ecosystem Services in Russian cities: Can Urban Green Infrastructure Cope with Air Pollution and Heat Islands? -- Effects of Small Water Bodies on the Urban Heat Island and their Interaction with Urban Green Spaces in a Medium-Size City in Germany -- Assessment of Soil Properties and Tree Performance on Fountain Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue Landfills in New York City -- Variability of Infiltration Rates at Selected Green Infrastructure Sites in New York City -- Assessment of soil heavy metal pollution by land use zones in small towns of the industrialized Arctic region, Russia -- Activity concentration of natural radionuclides and total heavy metals content in soils of urban agglomeration -- Metabolic adjustments in urban lawns in response to soil salinization -- Impact of Overgrown plant Deposit on physicochemical properties: Sod-podzolic soils during the last 60 years in the Central State Biosphere Forest Reserve, Western European Part of Russia -- Culturable Airborne Fungi of Urban, Forest and Coastal Areas of the Kola Peninsula -- Toxic Cyanobacteria in the arctic lakes: new environmental challenges. A case study -- Unfavorable impact of the urbanization on the immune antiviral protection in children: the relationship with recurrent respiratory infections -- Urbanization Effect on Children's Autonomic Nervous System -- The Prevalence of Atopic Dermatitis among Children and Adults in Kazakhstan -- Some features of the key phenotypes of allergic rhinitis among childrenin a metropolis -- Playground arrangement for children with special health needs -- Environmental, social and economic potentials of urban protected areas: case study of Moscow, Russia -- Assessing the proposed volume of recreational ecosystem services: case study of Moscow's urban protected areas -- National park «Elk Island» in the Moscow region's green infrastructure -- The concept of ecosystem services in Russian urban legislation -- Environmental safety of urbanized territories as a developing institution for ensuring the vital interests of mankind -- Environmental Assessment of Thermal Energy Facilities Impact on Ecosystem Services for the Production of Oxygen in Urban Settlements -- Ecological assessment of rapeseed cultivation to improve chemically degraded urban Albic Luvisol -- Cultural Ecosystem Services of Urban Green Spaces. How and what people value in urban nature? -- Ecosystem services approach for landscaping project: the case ofMetropolia Residential Complex. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910484003903321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Advancements in Urban Environmental Studies : Application of Geospatial Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Urban Studies / / edited by Atiqur Rahman, Shouraseni Sen Roy, Swapan Talukdar, Shahfahad
| Advancements in Urban Environmental Studies : Application of Geospatial Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Urban Studies / / edited by Atiqur Rahman, Shouraseni Sen Roy, Swapan Talukdar, Shahfahad |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (482 pages) |
| Disciplina |
737
307.1216028563 |
| Collana | GIScience and Geo-environmental Modelling |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Geographic information systems Urban ecology (Biology) Bioclimatology Climatology Environmental Sciences Geographical Information System Urban Ecology Climate Change Ecology Climate Sciences |
| ISBN | 3-031-21587-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence for Urban Environmental Studies -- Chapter 2. A Systematic Review on the Application of Geospatial Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Urban Growth Modeling -- Chapter 3. Urban Expansion Monitoring Using Machine Learning Algorithms on Google Earth Engine Platform and Cellular Automata Model: A Case Study of Raiganj Municipality, West Bengal, India -- Chapter 4. Multi-Temporal Dynamics of Land Use Land Cover Change and Urban Expansion in the Tropical Coastal District of Kozhikode -- Chapter 5. Land Use Land Cover Change Modeling and Forecasting in Mumbai City by Integrating Cellular Automata and Artificial Neural Network -- Chapter 6. Monitoring Urban Sprawl Using Geo-Spatial Technology: A Case Study of Kanpur City, India -- Chapter 7. Studying Urban Growth Dynamics in Indo–Gangetic Plain -- Chapter 8. Monitoring and Prediction of Spatiotemporal Land Use Land Cover Change Using Markov Chain Cellular Automata Model in Barisal, Bangladesh -- Chapter 9. Urban Change Detection Analysis Using Big Data and Machine Learning: A Review -- Chapter 10. Urban Green and Blue Spaces Dynamics – A Geospatial Analysis using Remote Sensing, Machine Learning and Landscape Metrics in Rajshahi Metropolitan City, Bangladesh -- Chapter 11. Quantifying the Impact of Urban Greenspace Pattern to Land Surface Temperature: Evidence from an Urban Agglomeration of Eastern India -- Chapter 12. Urban Effects on Hydrological Status and Trophic State in Peri-Urban Wetland -- Chapter 13. Integrated Urban Decarbonization Planning Tool for Global Cities -- Chapter 14. Perception of Ecosystem Services from Urban Green Space: A Case from An Urban and A Peri-Urban Green Space in English Bazar Urban Agglomeration, Eastern India -- Chapter 15. Monitoring Spatio-Temporal Reduction of An Urban Wetland Using Landsat Time Series Analysis: A Case Study of Deepor Beel, Assam, India -- Chapter 16. GIS-Based Methodology and World Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (WUDAPT) For Mapping Local Climatic Zones: A Study of Kolkata -- Chapter 17. Air pollutants-induced environmental critical zones in capital city of India -- Chapter 18. Nexus Between Anthropogenic Heat Flux and Urban Heat Island -- Chapter 19. Impact of Urbanisation on Land Use Land Cover Change and Land Surface Temperature in a Satellite Town -- Chapter 20. Identifying the Flood Hazard Zones in Urban Area Using Flood Hazard Index (FHI) – A Case of Capital City of India -- Chapter 21. An Assessment of Traffic Noise Level in Agartala Municipal Corporation Using Geo-Spatial Technology in Tripura, India -- Chapter 22. Solid Waste Management Scenario of Raiganj Municipality, West Bengal, India -- Chapter 23. Integration of Advanced Technologies in Urban Waste Management -- Chapter 24. Rethinking the Urban Form and Quality of Walking Experience Using Geospatial Technology -- Chapter 25. A Remote Sensing and GIS Based Approach for Assessment of Drinking Water Quality and Its Association with Land-Use Land-Cover in Azamgarh City, India -- Chapter 26. Urban Planning in Perspective of UN Sustainable Development Goal – 11 Using Geospatial Technology: A Case Study of Kolkata Megapolis (India) -- Chapter 27. An Introduction to Big Data and its Possible Utility in the Urban Context -- Chapter 28. Rethinking Progress in Approaches and Techniques for the Urban Environmental Studies. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910678248903321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Agile City : Building Well-being and Wealth in an Era of Climate Change / / by James S. Russell
| The Agile City : Building Well-being and Wealth in an Era of Climate Change / / by James S. Russell |
| Autore | Russell James S |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2012.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.738/74561 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Sociology, Urban Environmental management Architecture Buildings Urban ecology (Biology) Sustainability Environmental Sciences Urban Sociology Environmental Management Building Types and Functions Urban Ecology |
| ISBN |
9781597262385
1597262382 9781610910279 1610910273 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Carbon-neutral Now -- Introduction: The Concrete Metropolis in a Dynamic Era -- Part 1: The Land. 1. Climate Change in the Landscapes of Speculation -- 2. A New Land Ethos. Part 2: Repairing The Dysfunctional Growth Machine. 3. Real Estate: Financing Agile Growth -- 4. Re-engineering Transportation -- 5. Ending the Water Wars -- 6. Megaburbs: The Unacknowledged Metropolis -- Part 3: Agile Urban Futures. 7. Building Adaptive Places -- 8. Creating Twenty-first-century Community -- 9. Loose-fit Urbanism -- 10. Green Grows the Future -- Epilogue: Tools to Build Civic Engagement. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910962480803321 |
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| Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Air Pollution and Environmental Health / / edited by Pallavi Saxena, Anju Srivastava
| Air Pollution and Environmental Health / / edited by Pallavi Saxena, Anju Srivastava |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 253 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.7392 |
| Collana | Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World |
| Soggetto topico |
Urban ecology (Biology)
Environmental chemistry Air - Pollution Pollution Environmental health Environmental management Urban Ecology Environmental Chemistry Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution Terrestrial Pollution Environmental Health Environmental Management |
| ISBN | 981-15-3481-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910407730003321 |
| Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 | ||
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The Alte Donau: Successful Restoration and Sustainable Management : An Ecosystem Case Study of a Shallow Urban Lake / / edited by Martin T. Dokulil, Karl Donabaum, Katrin Teubner
| The Alte Donau: Successful Restoration and Sustainable Management : An Ecosystem Case Study of a Shallow Urban Lake / / edited by Martin T. Dokulil, Karl Donabaum, Katrin Teubner |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (405 pages) |
| Disciplina | 627.14 |
| Collana | Aquatic Ecology Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Aquatic ecology
Water quality Water - Pollution Biotic communities Urban ecology (Biology) Environmental management Freshwater & Marine Ecology Water Quality/Water Pollution Ecosystems Community & Population Ecology Urban Ecology Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management |
| ISBN | 3-319-93270-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Concepts for restoration: Nutrient loading, thresholds and alternative stable states -- 2. From a river to an urban lake. Historic development -- 3. Morphology, water temperature and climate -- 4. Hydrological aspects of Alte Donau -- 5. Restoration and lake management -- 6. Long-term changes of the physico-chemical conditions in Alte Donau -- 7. Sediment -- 8. Wax and wane of macrophytes -- 9. The signature of Phytoplankton in Alte Donau: response to trophic change from hypertrophic to mesotrophic over 22 years -- 10. Phytoplankton photosynthesis and production -- 11. The response of zooplankton to restoration and climate warming in Alte Donau -- 12. The Ciliate Assemblage in Alte Donau -- 13 Microbial and viral loop in Alte Donau: A case study -- 14. The effect of restoration measures on the benthic invertebrates of a Danube backwater (Alte Donau) -- 15. Fish assemblages of the ‘Alte Donau’ system: Communities under various pressures -- 16. The stocks of waterbirds on the Alte Donau in Vienna -- 17. Hygienic aspects of a recreational water-body -- 18. Restoration of the littoral zone -- 19. New planning activities in Vienna’s water-management -- 20. Eutrophication, management and sustainable development of urban Lakes: General considerations and specific solutions for Alte Donau - A Synthesis. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910309663503321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Animal cities : beastly urban histories / / edited by Peter Atkins
| Animal cities : beastly urban histories / / edited by Peter Atkins |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
| Disciplina | 591.756 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AtkinsP. J (Peter J.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Urban animals - History
Urban ecology (Biology) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-317-18085-2
1-315-56716-4 1-317-18084-4 1-4094-4656-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Animal Wastes and Nuisances in Nineteenth-Century London; 3 The 'Charmed Circle'; 4 The Urban Blood and Guts Economy; 5 This Nefarious Traffic: Livestock and Public Health in Mid-Victorian Edinburgh; 6 Undesirable Nature: Animals, Resources and Urban Nuisance in Nineteenth-Century Paris; 7 Locating the Transformation of Sensibilities in Nineteenth-Century London; 8 Fowls and the Contested Productive Spaces of Australian Suburbia, 1890-1990
9 Between the Muzzle and the Leash: Dog-walking, Discipline, and the Modern CityReferences; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465401203321 |
| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
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Animal cities : beastly urban histories / / edited by Peter Atkins
| Animal cities : beastly urban histories / / edited by Peter Atkins |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
| Disciplina | 591.756 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AtkinsP. J (Peter J.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Urban animals - History
Urban ecology (Biology) |
| ISBN |
1-4094-8338-X
1-317-18085-2 1-315-56716-4 1-317-18084-4 1-4094-4656-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Animal Wastes and Nuisances in Nineteenth-Century London; 3 The 'Charmed Circle'; 4 The Urban Blood and Guts Economy; 5 This Nefarious Traffic: Livestock and Public Health in Mid-Victorian Edinburgh; 6 Undesirable Nature: Animals, Resources and Urban Nuisance in Nineteenth-Century Paris; 7 Locating the Transformation of Sensibilities in Nineteenth-Century London; 8 Fowls and the Contested Productive Spaces of Australian Suburbia, 1890-1990
9 Between the Muzzle and the Leash: Dog-walking, Discipline, and the Modern CityReferences; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791704503321 |
| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Applied Urban Ecology [[electronic resource] ] : A Global Framework
| Applied Urban Ecology [[electronic resource] ] : A Global Framework |
| Autore | Richter Matthias <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (235 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.5/6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WeilandUlrike |
| Soggetto topico |
Applied ecology
Urban ecology (Biology) |
| ISBN |
1-283-25842-0
9786613258427 1-4443-4502-8 1-4443-4499-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Applied Urban Ecology: A Global Framework; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1. Urban ecology - brief history and present challenges; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Brief history; 1.2.1 Initials in urban natural history; 1.2.2 Socioecological tradition; 1.2.3 Complex bioecological tradition; 1.2.4 Ecosystem-related tradition; 1.3 Recent and present challenges; 1.4 Purpose and structure of the book; 1.4.1 Purpose of the book; 1.4.2 Structure of the book; References; PART II: URBAN ECOLOGY: RELATED DISCIPLINES AND METHODS
2. Thematic-methodical approaches to applied urban ecology 3. Monitoring urban land use changes with remote sensing techniques; 3.1 Land use changes and their consequences for urban ecology; 3.2 Urban remote sensing (URS) and geographical information systems (GIS) for research in urban ecology; 3.3 Measuring physical characteristics of urban areas with remote sensing technology; 3.3.1 Effects of urban form on natural and man-made hazards; 3.3.2 Urban dynamics and ecosystem function; 3.4 Global initiatives to measure urban expansion and land use change 3.4.1 Global Urban Observatory of UN-HABITAT 3.4.2 ""The Dynamics of Global Urban Expansion"" - a contribution by the World Bank; 3.4.3 Socioeconomic data and applications Center (SEDAC) at the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University, New York, USA; 3.4.4 The ""100 Cities Project"", Arizona State University, USA; 3.5 Regional urban monitoring activities; 3.5.1 Europe: ESPON, MOLAND and the Urban Atlas; 3.5.2 Governmental research projects on urban growth in the United States; 3.6 Synthesis and outlook; References PART III: SELECTED FIELDS OF URBAN ECOLOGYA. PATHWAYS OF THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; 4. Quantifying spatiotemporal patterns and ecological effects of urbanization: a multiscale landscape approach; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Characterizing the spatiotemporal pattern of urbanization; 4.2.1 Quantifying urbanization patterns with landscape metrics; 4.2.2 Other methods for quantifying urban landscape pattern; 4.2.3 Effects of scale on the analysis of urban landscape patterns; 4.2.4 Examples from CAP-LTER; 4.3 Simulating spatiotemporal dynamics of urbanization 4.3.1 Importance of simulation models in urban studies 4.3.2 Approaches to simulating urban dynamics; 4.3.3 Examples from CAP-LTER; 4.4 Effects of urbanization on biodiversity and ecosystem processes: examples from CAP-LTER; 4.4.1 Effects of urbanization on biodiversity; 4.4.2 Effects of urbanization on soil biogeochemical patterns; 4.4.3 Effects of urbanization on net primary production; 4.4.4 Effects of urbanization on vegetation phenology; 4.4.5 Urban heat islands and ecological effects; 4.4.6 Ecosystem responses to urbanization-induced environmental changes; 4.5 Concluding remarks Acknowledgments |
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Richter Matthias <1964->
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| Hoboken, : Wiley, 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Applied Urban Ecology [[electronic resource] ] : A Global Framework
| Applied Urban Ecology [[electronic resource] ] : A Global Framework |
| Autore | Richter Matthias <1964-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (235 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.5/6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WeilandUlrike |
| Soggetto topico |
Applied ecology
Urban ecology (Biology) |
| ISBN |
1-283-25842-0
9786613258427 1-4443-4502-8 1-4443-4499-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Applied Urban Ecology: A Global Framework; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1. Urban ecology - brief history and present challenges; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Brief history; 1.2.1 Initials in urban natural history; 1.2.2 Socioecological tradition; 1.2.3 Complex bioecological tradition; 1.2.4 Ecosystem-related tradition; 1.3 Recent and present challenges; 1.4 Purpose and structure of the book; 1.4.1 Purpose of the book; 1.4.2 Structure of the book; References; PART II: URBAN ECOLOGY: RELATED DISCIPLINES AND METHODS
2. Thematic-methodical approaches to applied urban ecology 3. Monitoring urban land use changes with remote sensing techniques; 3.1 Land use changes and their consequences for urban ecology; 3.2 Urban remote sensing (URS) and geographical information systems (GIS) for research in urban ecology; 3.3 Measuring physical characteristics of urban areas with remote sensing technology; 3.3.1 Effects of urban form on natural and man-made hazards; 3.3.2 Urban dynamics and ecosystem function; 3.4 Global initiatives to measure urban expansion and land use change 3.4.1 Global Urban Observatory of UN-HABITAT 3.4.2 ""The Dynamics of Global Urban Expansion"" - a contribution by the World Bank; 3.4.3 Socioeconomic data and applications Center (SEDAC) at the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University, New York, USA; 3.4.4 The ""100 Cities Project"", Arizona State University, USA; 3.5 Regional urban monitoring activities; 3.5.1 Europe: ESPON, MOLAND and the Urban Atlas; 3.5.2 Governmental research projects on urban growth in the United States; 3.6 Synthesis and outlook; References PART III: SELECTED FIELDS OF URBAN ECOLOGYA. PATHWAYS OF THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; 4. Quantifying spatiotemporal patterns and ecological effects of urbanization: a multiscale landscape approach; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Characterizing the spatiotemporal pattern of urbanization; 4.2.1 Quantifying urbanization patterns with landscape metrics; 4.2.2 Other methods for quantifying urban landscape pattern; 4.2.3 Effects of scale on the analysis of urban landscape patterns; 4.2.4 Examples from CAP-LTER; 4.3 Simulating spatiotemporal dynamics of urbanization 4.3.1 Importance of simulation models in urban studies 4.3.2 Approaches to simulating urban dynamics; 4.3.3 Examples from CAP-LTER; 4.4 Effects of urbanization on biodiversity and ecosystem processes: examples from CAP-LTER; 4.4.1 Effects of urbanization on biodiversity; 4.4.2 Effects of urbanization on soil biogeochemical patterns; 4.4.3 Effects of urbanization on net primary production; 4.4.4 Effects of urbanization on vegetation phenology; 4.4.5 Urban heat islands and ecological effects; 4.4.6 Ecosystem responses to urbanization-induced environmental changes; 4.5 Concluding remarks Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806138603321 |
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| Hoboken, : Wiley, 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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