Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 408 pages, 43 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-379) and index. |
Contents |
Regions and land mosaics -- Planning land -- Economic dimensions and socio-cultural patterns -- Natural systems and greenspaces -- Thirty-eight urban regions -- Nature, food, and water -- Built systems, built areas, and whole regions -- Urbanization models and the regions -- Basic principles for molding land mosaics -- The Barcelona Region's land mosaic -- Gathering the pieces -- Big pictures. |
Summary |
With land planning, socioeconomics and natural systems as foundations, this book combines urban planning and ecological science in examining urban regions. Writing for graduate students, academic researchers, planners, conservationists and policy makers, and with the use of informative urban-region color maps, Richard Forman analyzes 38 urban regions from 32 nations, including London, Chicago, Ottawa, Brasilia, Cairo, Seoul, Bangkok, Canberra, and a major case study of the Greater Barcelona region. Alternative patterns of urbanization spread (including sprawl) are evaluated from the perspective of nature and people, stating land-use principles extracted from landscape ecology, transportation and hydrology. Good, bad and interesting spatial patterns for creating sustainable land mosaics are pinpointed, and urban regions are considered in broader contexts, from climate change to biodiversity loss, disasters and sense of place. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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City planning.
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City planning. |
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Regional planning.
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Regional planning. |
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Urban policy.
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Urban policy. |
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Landscape protection.
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Landscape protection. |
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Landscape ecology.
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Landscape ecology. |
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City planning -- Case studies.
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City planning -- Case studies. |
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Regional planning -- Case studies.
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Regional planning -- Case studies. |
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Urban policy -- Case studies.
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Urban policy -- Case studies. |
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Landscape protection -- Case studies.
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Case studies.
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Landscape ecology -- Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Forman, Richard T.T. Urban regions. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521854467 0521854466 (OCoLC)166382273 |
ISBN |
9780511409776 (electronic book) |
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051140977X (electronic book) |
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9780511407871 (eBook) |
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0511407874 (eBook) |
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9780511754982 |
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0511754981 |
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9780521854467 (hardback) |
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9780521670760 (paperback) |
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