Landscape Planning and Ecological Networks

About this book

Describes the background to, and the contents of, ecological networks, and gives many examples of the use of the concept on the local, regional, national and international scales.

Contents

Landscape planning and ecological networks - an introduction, E. Cook and H. van Lier; landscape ecology and ecological networks, I. Zonneveld; conceptual integration of landscape planning and landscape ecology, with a focus on the Netherlands, F. van Langevelde; a strategy for ecological and urban development, R Vrijlandt and K. Kerkstra; assessment of urban biotypes for nature conservation, U. Starfinger and H. Sukopp; the hydrological landscape structure as a basis for network formulation; a case study for the Regge catchment (NL), M. van Buuren; design principles for a combination of recreation and nature, A. Dietvorst and P. van Bolhuis; greenways as ecological networks in rural areas, J. Ahern; river systems and landscape networks, L. Baschak and R. Brown; beyond park boundaries, C. Shafer; recreation, reproduction and ecological restoration in the Greater Copenhagen region, J. Hansen-Moller; habitat network schemes in Stuttgart, M. Kleyer; urban forestry and landscape networks of the Black Country, England, C. Baines and N. Jones; an ecological main structure for the European Union, R. Jongman; ecological networks - a conspectus, H. van Lier and E. Cook.

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