Nature in Fragments: The Legacy of Sprawl

Published by Columbia University Press 2005

Nature in Fragments

The Legacy of Sprawl

Edited by: Elizabeth Johnson and Michael Klemens

In the series American Museum of Natural History, Center for Biodiversity Conservation, Series

https://doi.org/10.7312/john12778

Overview
Contents

About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Elizabeth A. Johnson is manager of the Metropolitan Biodiversity Program of the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History.

Michael W. Klemens is a senior conservationist at the Wildlife Conservation Society and director of its Metropolitan Conservation Alliance.

Reviews

Elizabeth Farnsworth:
This book provides on of the most comprehensive treatises on sprawl available.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
CONTRIBUTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
PART I. BIODIVERSITY AND THE GENESIS OF SPRAWL
1. The Context and Causes of Sprawl Barbara L. Lawrence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. The Impacts of Sprawl on Biodiversity Elizabeth A. Johnson and Michael W. Klemens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
PART II. SPRAWL, ECOSYSTEMS, AND PROCESSES
3. Freshwater Wetland Biodiversity in an Urbanizing World Nicholas A. Miller and Michael W. Klemens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
4. Ecosystems, Disturbance, and the Impact of Sprawl Seth R. Reice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
5. Bees, Pollination, and the Challenges of Sprawl James H. Cane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
6. Effects of Urbanization on Decomposer Communities and Soil Processes in Forest Remnants Margaret M. Carreiro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
7. Sprawl and Disease Fred W. Koontz and Peter Daszak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
PART III. SPRAWL AND SPECIES
8. Sprawl and Species with Limited Dispersal Abilities Diane L. Byers and Joseph C. Mitchell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
9. Sprawl and Highly Mobile or Wide-Ranging Species Justina C. Ray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
10. Species that Benefit from Sprawl Stephen DeStefano and Elizabeth A. Johnson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
PART IV. IDENTIFYING AND MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF SPRAWL
11. Maintaining Connectivity in Urbanizing Landscapes M. A. Sanjayan and Kevin R. Crooks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
12. The Economics of Biodiversity in Urbanizing Ecosystems Stephen Farber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
13. Conserving Biodiversity Through State and Regional Planning Jessica Wilkinson, Sara Vickerman and Jeff Lerner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	284
14. Integrating Conservation of Biodiversity into Local Planning Jayne Daly and Michael W. Klemens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
15. Building Public Awareness About the Effects of Sprawl on Biodiversity Cynthia Coffin and Jane Elder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
16. Creating a Framework for Change Michael W. Klemens and Elizabeth A. Johnson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 400
Illustrations
- Other: 30 line, 25 h/t

eBook

Published: October 5, 2005
ISBN: 9780231502061