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Understanding Urban Ecosystems: A New Frontier for Science and Education - Softcover

R. Berkowitz, Alan

 
9780387952376: Understanding Urban Ecosystems: A New Frontier for Science and Education
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0387952373 ISBN 13: 9780387952376
Verlag: Springer, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

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. People need to understand how cities work as ecological systems so they can take control of the vital links between human actions and environmental quality, and work for an ecologically and economically sustainable future. An ecosystem approach integrates biological, physical and social factors and embraces historical and geographical dimensions, providing our best hope for coping with the complexity of 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.

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Verlag
Springer
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0387952373
ISBN 13 
9780387952376
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
560
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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