Routledge Handbook of Urban Biodiversity

<p>This handbook provides a state-of-the-art comprehensive overview of the expanding field of urban biodiversity.</p><p>The field of urban biodiversity has emerged from within the broad discipline of urban ecology in the past two decades and is now a significant field in its own right. In view of this the <em>Routledge Handbook of Urban Biodiversity</em> presents a thorough treatment of this field detailing the history of urban biodiversity theoretical foundations current state of knowledge and application of that knowledge. The handbook is split into four parts: </p><ul> <li>Part I: Setting the Stage for Urban Biodiversity Research and Practice</li> <li>Part II: Foundational Concepts and Theory in Urban Biodiversity Research</li> <li>Part III: Population and Community Ecology of Key Urban Taxa</li> <li>Part IV: Urban Biodiversity Practice: Management Planning and Design for Healthy Communities</li> </ul><p>This volume contains 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>