Measuring landscapes [electronic resource] : a planner's handbook / André Botequilha Leitão ... [et al.].
Contributor(s): Leitao, Andre Botequilha | ebrary, Inc
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Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2006Description: xxiii, 245 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Landscape ecology | Land use -- Planning | Sustainable development | Ecological landscape designGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 333.95/16 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-236) and index.
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.
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