Urban landscapes and sustainable cities

E Andersson - Ecology and society, 2006 - JSTOR
Ecological research targeting sustainable urban landscapes needs to include findings and
methods from many lines of ecological research, such as the link between biodiversity and …

Urban patterns and environmental performance: what do we know?

M Alberti - Journal of planning education and research, 1999 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper reviews the empirical evidence on the relationships between urban patterns and
various dimensions of environmental quality and performance. I first examine approaches to …

Towards a regenerative paradigm for the built environment

C Du Plessis - Building Research & Information, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The concept of regenerative design and development is situated within the broader
theoretical context of sustainability. The emerging regenerative paradigm is contrasted with …

Changes in land-use/land-cover patterns in Italy and their implications for biodiversity conservation

A Falcucci, L Maiorano, L Boitani - Landscape ecology, 2007 - Springer
Land-use/land-cover change is the most important factor in causing biodiversity loss. The
Mediterranean region has been affected by antropic disturbance for thousands of years, and …

Ecological diversity of birds in relation to the structure of urban green space

UG Sandström, P Angelstam, G Mikusiński - Landscape and urban …, 2006 - Elsevier
A functional network of green space is important for the maintenance of the ecological
dimension of a sustainable urban landscape. We used avian ecological diversity as a proxy …

[图书][B] Urban ecology: patterns, processes, and applications

J Niemelä, JH Breuste, G Guntenspergen, NE McIntyre… - 2011 - books.google.com
Urbanization is a global phenomenon that is increasingly challenging human society. It is
therefore crucially important to ensure that the relentless expansion of cities and towns …

Assessing the environmental performance of land cover types for urban planning

S Pauleit, F Duhme - Landscape and urban planning, 2000 - Elsevier
Urban planning and decision-making for sustainable development urgently need data of
high spatial resolution to establish the relationship between the socio-economic …

[图书][B] Exploring green criminology: Toward a green criminological revolution

MJ Lynch, PB Stretesky - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
Few criminologists have drawn attention to the fact that widespread and significant forms of
harm such as green or environmental crimes are neglected by criminology. Others have …

[图书][B] Water and energy: threats and opportunities

G Olsson - 2015 - books.google.com
Rapid and important developments in the area of energy-water nexus over the last two to
three years have been significant. This new edition of Water and Energy: Threats and …

Ground arthropod community structure in a heterogeneous urban environment

NE McIntyre, J Rango, WF Fagan, SH Faeth - Landscape and urban …, 2001 - Elsevier
Despite being conspicuous and influential features of the biosphere, urban ecosystems
have been neglected in ecological research. Arthropods are abundant in urban settings, but …