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Perspectives in Urban Ecology

Ecosystems and Interactions between Humans and Nature in the Metropolis of Berlin

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Wilfried Endlicher

    1. Geographisches Institut, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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  • Interdisciplinary (social and natural) approach on urban ecology
  • Case study Berlin as a Metropolitan Region
  • New research findings taken into account profound changes of climate, city shrinking and demographic and economic development
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: From Urban Nature Studies to Ecosystem Services

    • Wilfried Endlicher
    Pages 1-13

  3. Particulate Matter in the Urban Atmosphere: Concentration, Distribution, Reduction – Results of Studies in the Berlin Metropolitan Area

    • Marcel Langner, Thomas Draheim, Wilfried Endlicher
    Pages 15-41

  4. Contamination of Urban Surface and Ground Water Resources and Impact on Aquatic Species

    • Gunnar Nützmann, Claudia Wiegand, Valeska Contardo-Jara, Enrico Hamann, Vanessa Burmester, Karen Gerstenberg
    Pages 43-88

  5. Urban Soils in the Vadose Zone

    • Gerd Wessolek, Björn Kluge, Alexandra Toland, Thomas Nehls, Eva Klingelmann, Yong Nam Rim et al.
    Pages 89-133

  6. Plants in Urban Settings: From Patterns to Mechanisms and Ecosystem Services

    • Ingo Kowarik, Leonie K. Fischer, Ina Säumel, Moritz von der Lippe, Frauke Weber, Janneke R. Westermann
    Pages 135-166

  7. New Directions in Urban Avian Ecology: Reciprocal Connections between Birds and Humans in Cities

    • Barbara Clucas, John M. Marzluff, Sonja Kübler, Peter Meffert
    Pages 167-195

  8. Urban Economy

    • Elmar Kulke, Maike Brammer, Benjamin Otto, Daniela Baer, Julika Weiß, Betka Zakirova
    Pages 197-230

  9. Remote Sensing and Spatial Modelling of the Urban Environment

    • Tobia Lakes, Patrick Hostert, Birgit Kleinschmit, Steffen Lauf, Jan Tigges
    Pages 231-259

  10. Social Dimensions of Urban Restructuring: Urban Gardening, Residents’ Participation, Gardening Exhibitions

    • Miriam Fritsche, Martin Klamt, Marit Rosol, Marlies Schulz
    Pages 261-295

  11. From L. Wirth to E. Wirth: Integrating Effects of the Organizational Division of Labour into the Study of Urban Life

    • Harald A. Mieg
    Pages 297-304

  12. Human Perception of Urban Environment and Consequences for its Design

    • Elke van der Meer, Martin Brucks, Anna Husemann, Mathias Hofmann, Jasmin Honold, Reinhard Beyer
    Pages 305-331

  13. The Social Construction of City Nature: Exploring Temporary Uses of Open Green Space in Berlin

    • Julia Lossau, Katharina Winter
    Pages 333-345

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 347-352
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This book gives an interdisciplinary overview on urban ecology. Basic understanding of urban nature development and its social reception are discussed for the European Metropolitan Area of Berlin. Furthermore, we investigate specific consequences for the environment,  nature and the quality of life for city dwellers due to profound changes such as climate change and the demographic and economic developments associated with the phenomena of shrinking cities. Actual problems of urban ecology should be discussed not only in terms of natural dimensions such as  atmosphere, biosphere, pedosphere and hydrosphere but also in terms of social and cultural dimensions such as  urban planning, residence and recreation, traffic and mobility and economic values. Our research findings focus on streets, new urban landscapes, intermediate use of brown fields and the relationships between urban nature and the well-being of city dwellers. Finally, the book provides a contribution to the international discussion on urban ecology.

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  • Geographisches Institut, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Wilfried Endlicher

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