The Routledge Handbook of Urban Ecology

Ian Douglas is Emeritus Professor at the School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, UK. David Goode is a Professor at the Environment Institute, University College London, UK. Michael C. Houck is Executive Director of Urban Greenspaces Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA. Rusong Wang is Deputy Director at State Key Lab of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

Part 1: Context, History and Philosophies Introduction 1. Urban Ecology: Definitions and Goals 2. The Analysis of Cities as Ecosystems 3. Urban Ecology and Industrial Ecology 4. Urban Areas in the Context of Human Ecology 5. In Livable Cities is Preservation of the Wild: The Politics of Providing for Nature in Cities 6. The Human Relationship with Nature: Rights of Animals and Plants in the Urban Context 7. Urban Natural Histories to Urban Ecologies: The Growth of the Study of Urban Nature 8. Planning for Nature in Towns and Cities: A Historical Perspective 9. How Much is Urban Nature Worth? And For Whom? Thoughts Fom Ecological Economics Part 2: The Urban Ecological Environment Introduction 10. Climate of Cities 11. Urban Heat Islands 12. Urban Effects on Precipitation and Associated Convective Processes 13. Urban Hydrology 14. Urban Geomorphology 15. Urban Soils 16. The Process of Natural Succession in Urban Areas 17. Recombinant Ecology of Urban Areas: Characterisation, Context and Creativity 18. Creative Conservation Part 3: The Nature of Urban Habitats Introduction 19. Walls and Paved Surfaces: Urban Complexes With Limited Water and Nutrients 20. Urban Cliffs 21. Suburban Mosaic of Houses, Roads, Gardens and Mature Trees 22. Urban Wildlife Corridors: Conduits for Movement or Linear Habitat? 23. Landscaped Parks and Open Spaces 24. Grassland on Reclaimed Soil, With Streets, Car Parks and Buildings but Few, or no, Mature Trees 25. Urban Contaminated Land 26. Urban Woodlands as Distinctive and Threatened Nature-in-City Patches 27. Wetlands in Urban Environments 28. Urban Animal Ecology 29. Feral Animals in the Urban Environment Part 4: Ecosystem Services and Urban Ecology Introduction 30. Intrinsic and Aesthetic Values of Urban Nature: The View From London 31. Intrinsic and Aesthetic Values of Urban Nature: A Psychological Perspective 32. Urban Nature and Human Physical Health 33. Urban Nature: Human Psychological and Community Health 34. Street Trees and the Urban Environment 35. Urban Gardens and Biodiversity Part 5: Methodologies Introduction 36. Urban Habitat Analysis 37. Urban Habitat Type Mapping 38. Invasive Species and Their Response to Climate Change 39. Urban Biogeochemical Flux Analysis 40. Urban Metabolism Analysis Part 6: Applications and Policy Implications Introduction 41. Delivering Urban Greenspace for People and Wildlife 42. Urban Areas and the Biosphere Reserve Concept 43. Urban Ecology and Sustainable Urban Drainage 44. Green Roofs, Urban Vegetation and Urban Runoff 45. The Role of Green Infrastructure in Adapting Cities to Climate Change 46. Creative Use of Therapeutic Green Spaces 47. Peri-Urban Ecology: Green Infrastructure in the Twenty-First Century Metro-Scape 48. Biodiversity as a Statutory Component of Urban Planning 49. Making Urban Ecology a Key Element in Urban Development and Planning 50. Towards Ecopolis: New Technologies, New Philosophies and New Developments. Conclusion