This new collection focuses on the impact of sprawl on biodiversity and the measures that can be taken to alleviate it. Leading biological and social scientists, conservationists, and land-use professionals examine how sprawl affects species and alters natural communities, ecosystems, and natural processes. The contributors integrate biodiversity issues, concerns, and needs into the growing number of anti-sprawl initiatives, including the "smart growth" and "new urbanist" movements.
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CONTRIBUTORS
- PART I: BIODIVERSITY AND THE GENESIS OF SPRAWL
- 1: THE CONTEXT AND CAUSES OF SPRAWL
- 2: THE IMPACTS OF SPRAWL ON BIODIVERSITY
- PART II: SPRAWL, ECOSYSTEMS, AND PROCESSES
- 3: FRESHWATER WETLAND BIODIVERSITY IN AN URBANIZING WORLD
- 4: ECOSYSTEMS, DISTURBANCE, AND THE IMPACT OF SPRAWL
- 5: BEES, POLLINATION, AND THE CHALLENGES OF SPRAWL
- 6: EFFECTS OF URBANIZATION ON DECOMPOSER COMMUNITIES AND SOIL PROCESSES IN FOREST REMNANTS
- 7: SPRAWL AND DISEASE
- PART III: SPRAWL AND SPECIES
- 8: SPRAWL AND SPECIES WITH LIMITED DISPERSAL ABILITIES
- 9: SPRAWL AND HIGHLY MOBILE OR WIDE-RANGING SPECIES
- 10: SPECIES THAT BENEFIT FROM SPRAWL
- PART IV: IDENTIFYING AND MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF SPRAWL
- 11: MAINTAINING CONNECTIVITY IN URBANIZING LANDSCAPES
- 12: THE ECONOMICS OF BIODIVERSITY IN URBANIZING ECOSYSTEMS
- 13: CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY THROUGH STATE AND REGIONAL PLANNING
- 14: INTEGRATING CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY INTO LOCAL PLANNING
- 15: BUILDING PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF SPRAWL ON BIODIVERSITY
- 16: CREATING A FRAMEWORK FOR CHANGE
- INDEX
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