Measuring landscapes : a planner's handbook / / Andre Botequilha Leitao ... [et al.].
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| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xxiii, 245 p., [4] p. of plates :; ill. (some col.). |
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Table of Contents:
- Landscape ecology : a spatial and human-oriented ecology
- Foundations of landscape ecology
- A landscape perspective
- Main characteristics of landscape ecology
- Quantifying landscape structure
- Planning the landscape : a spatial ecological approach
- Planning and landscape ecology
- Planning landscape resources
- A method of planning for sustainability
- Applying landscape metrics in planning
- The selected set of landscape metrics
- Patch richness (PR)
- Class area proportion (CAP)
- Patch number (PN) and patch density (PD)
- Mean patch size (AREA-MN, AREA-AM)
- Shape (SHAPE)
- Radius of gyration (GYRATE)
- Contagion (CONTAG)
- Edge contrast (ECON)
- Euclidian nearest neighbor distance (ENN)
- Proximity (PROX)
- Applications of landscape metrics in planning and management
- Recommendations on the use of landscape metrics to support the planning of sustainable landscapes.