Routledge Handbook of Urban Biodiversity

The Routledge Handbook of Urban Biodiversity provides a comprehensive overview of the expanding field, covering history, theory, population and community ecology, and practice. It is essential reading for students, academics, and professionals interested in urban biodiversity, ecology, nature conservation, urban planning, and landscape architecture. Chapters 15 and 22 are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF.

Format: Hardback
Length: 450 pages
Publication date: 16 October 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Urban biodiversity has emerged as a significant field in its own right within the broader discipline of urban ecology over the past two decades. To provide a comprehensive overview of this field, the Routledge Handbook of Urban Biodiversity has been published. This handbook covers various aspects of urban biodiversity, including its history, theoretical foundations, current state of knowledge, and application. It is divided into four parts: Part I: Setting the Stage for Urban Biodiversity Research and Practice, Part II: Foundational Concepts and Theory in Urban Biodiversity Research, Part III: Population and Community Ecology of Key Urban Taxa, and Part IV: Urban Biodiversity Practice: Management, Planning, and Design for Healthy Communities. The handbook includes interdisciplinary and global contributions from established and early career academics as well as professionals and practitioners, addressing two key fields in urban biodiversity: fundamental research focused on answering questions about the mechanisms explaining the distribution of species among and within cities and applied research and work by practitioners to address concerns about urban biodiversity conservation, restoration, planning, design, and public involvement. This handbook is essential reading for students, academics, and professionals interested and working in the fields of urban biodiversity, ecology, nature conservation, urban planning, and landscape architecture. Additionally, chapters 15 and 22 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Weight: 1025g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367444549