An edition of Measuring landscapes
(2006)
Measuring landscapes
a planner's handbook
by Joseph Miller, Jack Ahern, Kevin McGarigal, and Andre Botequilha Leitao
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Landscape ecology, Planning, Ecological landscape design, Land use, Sustainable development, Landscape architecture, SCIENCE, Life Sciences, Biological Diversity, NATURE, Animals, Wildlife, Landnutzungsaufnahme, Landschaftsbewertung, Landschaftsplanung, Landschaftsökologie, Paesaggio, Pianificazione, Manuali, Pianificazione territoriale, Landschaftsschutz| Edition | Availability |
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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
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-236) and index
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