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With land planning, socioeconomics and natural systems as foundations, this book combines urban planning and ecological science in examining urban regions. Writing for graduate students, academic researchers, planners, conservationists and policy makers, and with the use of informative urban-region color maps, Richard Forman analyzes 38 urban regions from 32 nations, including London, Chicago, Ottawa, Brasilia, Cairo, Seoul, Bangkok, Canberra, and a major case study of the Greater Barcelona region. Alternative patterns of urbanization spread (including sprawl) are evaluated from the perspective of nature and people, stating land-use principles extracted from landscape ecology, transportation and hydrology. Good, bad and interesting spatial patterns for creating sustainable land mosaics are pinpointed, and urban regions are considered in broader contexts, from climate change to biodiversity loss, disasters and sense of place.

urban areas --- ecology --- Urban environment --- urban planning --- urban development --- Urbanization --- Infrastructure --- infrastructure --- Hydrology --- world --- Landscape protection. --- City planning --- City planning. --- Landscape ecology --- Landscape ecology. --- Landscape protection --- Regional planning --- Regional planning. --- Urban policy --- Urban policy. --- Geografie --- Landschapskunde --- Ecologie. --- Perceptie en Beleving. --- Ecologie du paysage --- Paysages --- Urbanisme --- Aménagement du territoire --- Politique urbaine --- Case studies --- Case studies. --- Protection --- Cas, Etudes de --- infrastructure. --- Ecology --- Beautification of the landscape --- Conservation of landscapes --- Conservation of scenic beauty --- Conservation of scenic resources --- Landscape --- Natural beauty conservation --- Preservation of natural scenery --- Preservation of scenic resources --- Protection of landscapes --- Protection of scenic beauty --- Protection of scenic resources --- Scenery preservation --- Environmental protection --- Nature conservation --- Environmentally sensitive areas --- Landscape assessment --- Cities and state --- Urban problems --- City and town life --- Economic policy --- Social policy --- Sociology, Urban --- Urban renewal --- Regional development --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Land use --- Planning --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Conservation --- Government policy --- Management --- Urbanization. --- Cities and towns, Movement to --- Urban systems --- Social history --- Sociology, Rural --- Rural-urban migration --- Aménagement du territoire --- Écologie --- Urbanisation