Introduction to the first edition
Introduction to the second edition
PART I Context of urban ecology: what, how, why and where?
1. Urban ecology – What, How and Why?
2. Urban areas
PART II Abiotic factors
3 The urban atmosphere: weather, climate and air quality
4 The soils, substrates and landforms underlying and supporting all life in towns and cities
5 Water for urban ecosystems: Urban hydrology
6 Urban biogeochemistry
PART III Biological factors
7 Urban habitats
8 Urban flora
9 Urban fauna
PART IV Services and Values
10 Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services
11 Urban Agriculture
12 Health and Well-being
PART V Urban environmental stewardship and management
13 Responsibilities and partnerships for urban nature and urban greening
14 Ecological management techniques
15 Nature-based Solutions
16 Final Comments
Biography
Philip James is Emeritus Professor of Ecology at the University of Salford and Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Geography at the University of Manchester.
Ian Douglas is Emeritus Professor at the University of Manchester, with over 60 years of research experience relating to changes in the hydrologic and geomorphic systems of tropical rain forests, and to the biophysical changes in the urban environment.
"Urban Ecology: An Introduction, 2nd edition meets the current moment of biodiversity crisis and parallel divergent quality of human life in drawing together threads across this space as they play out in our cities, where the majority of us now live. There are few places where all these considerations can come together, and Urban Ecology not only manages this, but does it to good effect. An important revision to inform and inspire at a difficult time."
Pippin Anderson, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town.
