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A new tool for mapping urban land cover that integrates design principles and ecological knowledge for understanding cities as complex, patchy and dynamic systems Using a new, hybrid approach to urban land cover classification as an impetus to bring ecologists and urban designers together, this atla...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Marshall, Victoria J. (Victoria Jane) (Author), Cadenasso, Mary L. (Author), McGrath, Brian (Author), Pickett, Steward T., 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
City planning > Computer simulation.
Land use, Urban > Computer simulation.
Land cover > Classification.
City planning > Environmental aspects.
Information visualization.
Utilisation urbaine du sol > Simulation par ordinateur.
Occupation du sol > Classification.
Visualisation de l'information.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
City planning > Computer simulation
City planning > Environmental aspects
Information visualization
Land cover
Land use, Urban > Computer simulation
Classification
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:A new tool for mapping urban land cover that integrates design principles and ecological knowledge for understanding cities as complex, patchy and dynamic systems Using a new, hybrid approach to urban land cover classification as an impetus to bring ecologists and urban designers together, this atlas is a unique conceptual tool to describe and analyze cities as complex systems. It brings together over a decade of shared knowledge from the Baltimore Ecosystem Study to inspire ecologically motivated design practice. The atlas displays maps and tables depicting land cover classes and the relationships between them; information on how the specific cover arrangements evolved over time; and speculations on how they might change through design, disturbance, or succession. Rather than separating human-constructed spaces from predominantly biological and geological ones, this book integrates social and ecological structures and shows how this can contribute to the scholarship of ecology and the practice of design. Interdisciplinary and strikingly illustrated, the atlas is a new way to study, measure, and view cities with a more effective interaction of scientific understanding and design practice.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 116 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780300249392
030024939X

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