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Measuring Landscapes : A Planner's Handbook.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, D. C. : Island Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (272 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781597267724
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Measuring LandscapesDDC classification:
  • 333.9516
LOC classification:
  • QH541
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyrights Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Ch. 1: Landscape Ecology: A Spatial and Human-Oriented Ecology -- 1.1: Foundations of Landscape Ecology -- 1.2: A Landscape Perspective -- 1.3: Main Characteristics of Landscape Ecology -- 1.4: Quantifying Landscape Structure -- Ch. 2: Planning the Landscape: A Spatial Ecological Approach -- 2.1: Planning and Landscape Ecology -- 2.2: Planning Landscape Resources -- 2.3: A Method of Planning for Sustainability -- 2.4: Applying Landscape Metrics in Planning -- Ch. 3: The Selected Set of Landscape Metrics -- 3.1: Patch Richness -- 3.2: Class Area Proportion (CAP) -- 3.3: Patch Number (PN) and Patch Density (PD) -- 3.4: Mean Patch Size (Area MN, Area AM) -- 3.5: Shape (SHAPE) -- 3.6: Radius of Gyration (GYRATE) -- 3.7: Contagion (CONTAG) -- 3.8: Edge Contrast (ECON) -- 3.9: Euclidean Nearest Neighbor Distance (ENN) -- 3.10: Proximity (PROX) -- Ch. 4: Applications of Landscape Metrics in Planning and Management -- 4.1: Introduction -- 4.2: The Study Area -- 4.3: Data and Methods -- 4.4: Applications of Landscape Metrics -- Ch. 5: Recommendations on the Use of Landscape Metrics to Support the Planning of Sustainable Landscapes -- Glossary -- References -- Author Bios -- Index.
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyrights Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Ch. 1: Landscape Ecology: A Spatial and Human-Oriented Ecology -- 1.1: Foundations of Landscape Ecology -- 1.2: A Landscape Perspective -- 1.3: Main Characteristics of Landscape Ecology -- 1.4: Quantifying Landscape Structure -- Ch. 2: Planning the Landscape: A Spatial Ecological Approach -- 2.1: Planning and Landscape Ecology -- 2.2: Planning Landscape Resources -- 2.3: A Method of Planning for Sustainability -- 2.4: Applying Landscape Metrics in Planning -- Ch. 3: The Selected Set of Landscape Metrics -- 3.1: Patch Richness -- 3.2: Class Area Proportion (CAP) -- 3.3: Patch Number (PN) and Patch Density (PD) -- 3.4: Mean Patch Size (Area MN, Area AM) -- 3.5: Shape (SHAPE) -- 3.6: Radius of Gyration (GYRATE) -- 3.7: Contagion (CONTAG) -- 3.8: Edge Contrast (ECON) -- 3.9: Euclidean Nearest Neighbor Distance (ENN) -- 3.10: Proximity (PROX) -- Ch. 4: Applications of Landscape Metrics in Planning and Management -- 4.1: Introduction -- 4.2: The Study Area -- 4.3: Data and Methods -- 4.4: Applications of Landscape Metrics -- Ch. 5: Recommendations on the Use of Landscape Metrics to Support the Planning of Sustainable Landscapes -- Glossary -- References -- Author Bios -- Index.

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