Buch(elektronisch)2020

Urban Ecology: Emerging Patterns and Social-Ecological Systems

Verma, Pramit; Singh, Pardeep; Raghubanshi, A. S.; Singh, Rishikesh

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Front Cover -- Urban Ecology -- URBAN ECOLOGY: EMERGING PATTERNS AND SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- References -- List of reviewers -- I - Emerging facets of urban ecology eurban and urbanization, theory and concepts -- 1 - Urban ecology - current state of research and concepts -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 What is urban ecology? -- 1.2 Social-ecological systems and urban metabolism -- 2. State of research in urban ecology -- 2.1 Global trends in the past twodecades (1999-2019) -- 2.2 Country-wise division of urban ecology research (from 2009 to 2019) -- 3. Urban ecology: concepts and definitions -- 3.1 The urban boundary -- 3.2 Urban metabolism -- 3.3 Land use land cover change -- 3.4 Modelling and remote sensing -- 3.5 Disaster risk reduction -- 3.6 Economies of scale -- 3.7 Urban ecological footprint -- 3.8 Urban sustainability indicators -- 3.9 Smart city -- 3.10 Sustainable city -- 3.11 Human health -- 3.12 Integrated approach -- 3.13 Governance and planning -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Further reading -- 2 - Urban metabolism: old challenges, new frontiers, and the research agenda ahead -- 1. Urban metabolism: from concept to methods -- 1.1 One concept, a variety of methods -- 1.2 A variety of practical applications and end-users -- 2. Challenges and new frontiers for urban metabolism research -- 2.1 Understanding distinct conceptual underpinnings and common methods across ecological sciences -- 2.2 Expressing interdependency between biogeochemical cycles and socioeconomic flows of the urban metabolism -- 2.3 Linking urban metabolism research with design: systematizing the growing evidence-base on nature-based solutions -- 3. Conclusions: a tentative research agenda -- References -- II - Urban land use land cover -- 3 - Urban growth pattern detection and analysis -- 1. Introduction.