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Edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Rowan A. Rowntree, and Pamela C. Muick
The University of Massachusetts Press Amherst
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Copyright 1994 by The University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 93-26506 ISBN 0-87023-883-3 (cloth); 884-1 (pbk.) Designed by Mary Mendell Set in Minion by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Ecological city : preserving and restoring urban biodiversity / edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Rowan A. Rowntree, Pamela C. Muick. p. cm. This volume evolved from the 1990 Symposium on Sustainable Cities, held at the museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-87023-883-3 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 0-87023-884-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Urban ecologyUnited States. 2. Urban geographyUnited States. 3. Urban forestry United States. 4. Environmental degradationUnited States. 5. BiodiversityUnited States. I. Platt, Rutherford H. II. Rowntree, Rowan A. III. Muick, Pamela C. HT 243.U 6E 26 1994 307.76dc 20 93-26506 CIP
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Drawing on page vii by Modell; 1990 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
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This book is dedicated to the memory of Rutherford Platt 18941975 Author, Photographer, Naturalist
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"It's so lovely out here you wonder why they have it so far from the city."
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CONTENTS
The Ecological City: Introduction and Overview
Rutherford H. Platt
1
I Perspectives on Nature in Cities
From Commons to Commons: Evolving Concepts of Open Space in North American Cities
Rutherford H. Platt
21
Design with City Nature: An Overview of Some Issues
Michael Hough
40
Sustainability in Urban Ecosystems: Beyond an Object of Study
Orie L. Loucks
49
II Urbanization and Riparian/Aquatic Ecosystems
Sustainability of Urban Wetlands
Marjorie M. Holland and Raymond W. Prach
69
The Des Plaines River Wetlands Demonstration Project: Restoring an Urban Wetland
Donald L. Hey
83
Lake Tahoe: A Microcosm for the Study of the Impact of Urbanization on Fragile Ecosystems
Charles R. Goldman
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Wetlands in the Urban Landscape of the United States
James A. Schmid
106
III Urbanization out Terrestrial Ecosystems
The Deep Significance of Urban Trees and Forests
John E. Dwyer, Herbert W. Schroeder, and Paul H. Gobster
137
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Cooling Urban Heat Islands with Sustainable Landscapes
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