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Title Measuring landscapes : a planner's handbook / André Botequilha Leitão [and others]
Published Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 245 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Landscape ecology : a spatial and human-oriented ecology -- Foundations of landscape ecology -- A landscape perspective -- Main characteristics of landscape ecology -- Quantifying landscape structure -- Planning the landscape : a spatial ecological approach -- Planning and landscape ecology -- Planning landscape resources -- A method of planning for sustainability -- Applying landscape metrics in planning -- The selected set of landscape metrics -- Patch richness (PR) -- Class area proportion (CAP) -- Patch number (PN) and patch density (PD) -- Mean patch size (AREA-MN, AREA-AM) -- Shape (SHAPE) -- Radius of gyration (GYRATE) -- Contagion (CONTAG) -- Edge contrast (ECON) -- Euclidian nearest neighbor distance (ENN) -- Proximity (PROX) -- Applications of landscape metrics in planning and management -- Recommendations on the use of landscape metrics to support the planning of sustainable landscapes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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SUBJECT Landschaftsschutz gnd
Subject Landscape ecology.
Land use -- Planning.
Sustainable development.
Ecological landscape design.
sustainable development.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biological Diversity.
NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
Ecological landscape design
Land use -- Planning
Landscape ecology
Sustainable development
Landnutzungsaufnahme
Landschaftsbewertung
Landschaftsplanung
Landschaftsökologie
Landschaftsschutz
Paesaggio -- pianificazione -- manuali.
Pianificazione territoriale -- manuali.
Form Electronic book
Author Leitão, Andre Botequilha
ISBN 9781429495042
1429495049
9781597267724
1597267724