Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land-Use Planning

Landscapeecologyhasemergedinthepastdecadeasanimportantandusefultoolforland-useplannersandlandscapearchitects.Whileprofessionalsandscholarshavebeguntoincorporateaspectsofthisnewfieldintotheirwork,thereremainsaneedforasummaryofkeyprinciplesandhowtheymightbeappliedindesignandplanning.Thisvolumefillsthatneed.Itisaconcisehandbookthatlistsandillustrateskeyprinciplesinthefield,presentingspecificexamplesofhowtheprinciplescanbeappliedinarangeofscalesanddiversetypesoflandscapesaroundtheworld.Chapterscover:patches--size,number,andlocationedgesandboundariescorridorsandconnectivitymosaicssummariesofcasestudiesfromaroundtheworld