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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
January 2019
Print publication year:
2019
Online ISBN:
9781108183062
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108183062
Subjects:
Life Sciences, Natural Resource Management, Agriculture, Horticulture and forestry, Ecology and Conservation
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Book description

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.

Reviews

'This book provides valuable insights, through many and varied examples, to show the way.'

A. M. Mannion Source: The Biologist

‘… readily accessible for geographers, conservationists, and land planners.’

Ezequiel González Source: Conservation Biology

‘The volume is attentive to ecological dimensions, microhabitats, and scales for flora … Researchers and environmental planners investigating town-based ecological dynamics will find the extensive conceptual review valuable for designing projects and writing grant proposals.’

Susan Power Bratton Source: The Quarterly Review of Biology

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