The Ecological city : preserving and restoring urban biodiversity / edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Rowan A. Rowntree, and Pamela C. Muick.

Contributor Platt, Rutherford H.

Imprint:Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c1994.

Descriptionx, 291 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Note:This volume evolved from the 1990 Symposium on Sustainable Cities, held at the museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences.

Note:I. PERSPECTIVES ON NATURE IN CITIES: From commons to commons: evolving concepts of open spaces in North American cities / Rutherford H. Platt -- Design with city nature: an overview of some issues / Michael Hough -- Sustainability in urban ecosystems: beyond an object of study / Orie L. Loucks -- II. URBANIZATION AND RIPARIAN/AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS: Sustainability of urban wetlands / Marjorie M. Holladn, Raymond W. Prach -- The Des Plaines River wetlands demonstration project: restoring an urban wetland / Donald L. Hey -- Lake Tahoe: a microcosm for the study of the impact of urbanization on fragile ecosystems / Charles R. Goldman -- Wetlands in the urban landscape of the United States / James A. Schmid -- III. URBANIZATION AND TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS: The deep significance of urban trees and forests / John F. Dwyer, Herbert W. Schroeder, Paul H. Gobster -- Cooling urban heat islands with sustainable landscapes / E. Gregory McPherson -- Wildflower meadows as sustainable landscapes / Jack Ahern, Jestena Boughton -- The Indiana Dunes: applications of landscape ecology to urban park management / Richard Whitman, Daniel B. Fagre, Noel B. Pavlovic, Kenneth L. Cole -- Rethinking the urban park: rediscovering urban solutions / Annaliese Bischoff -- IV. COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS: The greening of federal flood-control policies: the Wildcat-San Pablo Creeks case / Ann L. Riley -- Reconciling urban growth and endangered species: the Coachella Velley habitat conservation plan / Timothy Beatley -- The metropolitan Portland urban natural resource program / Joseph Poracsky, Michael C. Houck -- Ecology education for city children / Karen S. Hollweg -- Conclusion: Crosscutting themes and recommendations / Rutherford H. Platt.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.

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