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Urban Ecology

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Jürgen Breuste

    1. UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig-Halle GmbH, Leipzig, Germany

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  2. Hildegard Feldmann

    1. UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig-Halle GmbH, Leipzig, Germany

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  3. Ogarit Uhlmann

    1. UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig-Halle GmbH, Leipzig, Germany

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  • Integrates scientific and practical aspects equally
  • A basis for urban planning

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Table of contents (140 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXX
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Urban Ecology — Scientific and Practical Aspects

      • Herbert Sukopp
      Pages 3-16

    3. Towards Ecological Sustainable Cities: Strategies, Models and Tools

      • Tjeerd Deelstra
      Pages 17-22

  3. Ecological Cities — Models, Environmental Aims, Standards

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Perspectives on the Environment: New Options

      • Santosh Ghosh
      Pages 25-30

    3. Workshop: Environmental Quality Aims and Ecological Aims

      1. Environmental Accounting on a Communal Level
        • Jürgen Pietsch, Gabriele Kröger
        Pages 33-37
      2. Urban Development and Environmental Policy: Objectives Outline of a Multi-disciplinary Research Programme
        • Joop de Boer, Martin Dijst
        Pages 38-42
      3. Environmental Quality Goals and Standards as a Basis and Way to an Agenda 21 for Leipzig
        • Holger Tschense
        Pages 43-48
      4. Environmental Quality Targets for Urban Structural Units in Leipzig with a View to Sustainable Urban Development
        • Evelyne Wickop
        Pages 49-54
      5. The Role of „Process Chains Analysis“ in Investigating Environmental Problems of Cities
        • Karl-Heinz Simon, Uwe Fritsche
        Pages 55-59
      6. Environmental Quality Targets in the City of Wiesbaden
        • Thomas Votsmeier
        Pages 60-64
      7. Assessing the Metabolism of Urban Systems for Urban Planning
        • Stephan Pauleit, Friedrich Duhme
        Pages 65-69

    5. Workshop: Air Pollution

      1. Air Quality in a Tropical Mega-City — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
        • Werner Habbel, Antonio Carlos Dias dos Santos, Horst Pasenau, José Arnaldo Sales
        Pages 95-98
      2. Airborne Pollutants from Mobile Sources for the City of Mendoza, Argentina
        • Enrique Puliafito, Carlos Puliafito, José Quero, Pablo Guerreiro
        Pages 99-103
      3. Suburban Commercial Estates and their Impact on the Situation of Immissions in the City of Leipzig
        • Dietrich Wagler, Klaus Freyer, Peter Popp, Hanns-Christian Treutler
        Pages 104-108
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Provides an overview of international developments in urban ecology, with many examples from cities worldwide. In addition, this book presents a unique exchange of experiences and ideas, with a focus on cooperation between researchers and those involved in putting ideas into practice.
Topics include: aims and standards for ecological cities; the integration of ecologial, economic, social and cultural aspects; land use as a controlling factor; ecologically responsible mobility; and the integration of nature and landscape into urban development.

Editors and Affiliations

  • UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig-Halle GmbH, Leipzig, Germany

    Jürgen Breuste, Hildegard Feldmann, Ogarit Uhlmann

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