Urban ecosystems : ecological principles for the built environment

Urban Ecosystems......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
Preface page......Page 7
1 Urban ecosystems and the science of ecology......Page 11
1.1 Engineered ecosystems......Page 12
1.2 Urban habitats......Page 14
1.3 Urban organisms......Page 26
1.4 The science of ecology......Page 33
1.5 What makes urban ecosystems different?......Page 40
1.6 The goals of urban ecology......Page 43
1.7 Questions and readings for Chapter 1......Page 45
2 Urban accounting: metabolism, energy, and the ecological footprint......Page 49
2.1 The urban metabolism......Page 51
2.2 Urban energy budgets......Page 58
2.3 The urban ecological footprint......Page 65
2.4 Comparison with other social organisms......Page 72
2.5 Questions and readings for Chapter 2......Page 78
3 Urban ecosystem processes......Page 84
3.1 Urban climate......Page 86
3.2 The urban water cycle......Page 101
3.3 Urban nutrient dynamics......Page 112
3.4 Urban ecological amplification and its consequences......Page 132
3.5 Questions and readings for Chapter 3......Page 142
4 The ecology of urban organisms......Page 149
4.1 Urban biodiversity......Page 150
4.2 Invasive species and biotic homogenization......Page 171
4.3 Species interactions in urban environments......Page 185
4.4 Urban infectious diseases......Page 201
4.5 Traits of urban organisms......Page 212
4.6 Urban evolution......Page 241
4.7 Questions and readings for Chapter 4......Page 250
5.1 Human health and disease......Page 263
5.2 Ecological principles and urban policy......Page 275
5.3 Cities and the future......Page 291
5.4 Questions and readings for Chapter 5......Page 294
Glossary......Page 301
References......Page 313
Index of organisms......Page 346