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020			_a9781108183062 (ebook)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQH541.5.C6 _bF668 2019
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100	1		_aForman, Richard T. T., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aTowns, ecology, and the land / _cRichard T. T. Forman.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2019.
300			_a1 online resource (xviii, 585 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Jan 2019).
505	0		_aTown, village, and land spatial patterns -- Flows and movements -- Change -- Human dimensions -- Soil, chemicals, air -- Water systems and waterbodies -- Plants, habitats, greenspaces -- Diverse animals and town pattern -- Commercial, industrial, and residential areas -- Cropland, pastureland, and towns -- Forestland, aridland, and towns -- Tying transportation, towns, and land together -- Toward better towns, better land.
520			_aTowns 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.
650		0	_aUrban ecology (Biology)
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107199132
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781108183062
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