Understanding Urban Ecosystems
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Understanding Urban Ecosystems
Author: Alan R. Berkowitz
language: en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date: 2003
Nowhere on Earth is the challenge for ecological understanding greater, and yet more urgent, than in those parts of the globe where human activity is most intense - cities. This book is a first of its kind effort to bring together leaders in the biological, physical and social dimensions of urban ecosystem research with leading education researchers, administrators and practitioners, to show how an understanding of urban ecosystems is vital for urban dwellers to grasp the fundamentals of ecological and environmental science and to understand their own environment.
Understanding Urban Ecosystems
Author: Charles H. Nilon
language: en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date: 2003
Nowhere is the challenge for ecological understanding greater than in cities. This book brings together the biological, physical and social dimensions of urban ecosystem research to show how an understanding of urban ecosystems is vital for urban dwellers to grasp basic ecological science.
Urban Ecosystems
With over half of the global human population living in urban regions, urban ecosystems may now represent the contemporary and future human environment. This book aims to review what is currently known about urban ecosystems in a short and approachable text that will serve as a key resource for teaching and learning related to the urban environment.