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1 online resource (volumes) |
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Preliminaries; Preface; Contents; Wild urban woodlands: Towards a conceptual framework; New Perspectives for Urban Forests; Attitudes towards Wilderness and Public Demands on Wilderness Areas; Surrogate Nature or Wilderness?; Nature for People; Living in the Urban Wildwoods; Use and Perception of Post-Industrial Urban Landscapes in the Ruhr; People Working for Nature in the Urban Forest; Nature Returns to Abandoned Industrial Land; Spontaneous Development of Peri-Urban Woodlands in Lignite Mining Areas of Eastern Germany |
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Ecological Networks for Bird Species in the Wintering Season Based on Urban WoodlandsNature Conservation, Forestry, Landscape Architecture and Historic Preservation: Perspectives for a Conceptual Alliance; Approaches for Developing Urban Forests from the Cultural Context of Landscapes in Japan; Strategies between Intervening and Leaving Room; "New Wilderness" as an Element of the Peri-Urban Landscape; Forests for Shrinking Cities?; Post-Industrial Nature in the Coal Mine of Göttelborn, Germany; Natur-Park Südgelände |
| Summary |
Urban landscapes formerly shaped by heavy industry are evolving all over the world. The associated processes enhance the evolution of a new kind of wilderness. In regions such as the German Ruhrgebiet, vast post-industrial areas have already been re-colonised naturally by forests. These new types of urban woodlands are often overlooked by ecologists, foresters and planners. The book provides a first concise overview of ecological features and potential social functions of this new kind of urban wilderness. The general chapters provide introductions and conceptual approaches from the perspectives of ecology, environmental sociology, forestry, nature conservation and landscape architecture. They are illustrated by a broad array of case studies from England, Germany and Japan |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
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Ecology.
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Environmental sciences.
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Geography.
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Landscape ecology.
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Life sciences.
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Regional planning.
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Urban forestry.
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Geography
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Biological Science Disciplines
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environmental sciences.
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geography.
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biological sciences.
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regional planning.
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urban forestry.
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GARDENING -- Essays.
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GARDENING -- Reference.
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GARDENING -- Vegetables.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Horticulture.
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Urban forestry
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Ecology
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Environmental sciences
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Geography
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Landscape ecology
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Life sciences
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Regional planning
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Körner, Stefan.
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| ISBN |
3540268596 |
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9783540268598 |
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9783540239123 |
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354023912X |
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9786610234899 |
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6610234892 |
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