Contributors ................................................... ix
Foreword ....................................................... xv
Preface ...................................................... xvii
Introduction .................................................... 1
1 Urban Biodiversity and the Case for Implementing
the Convention on Biological Diversity in Towns and Cities ... 3
Norbert Müller and Peter Werner
Fundamentals of Urban Biodiversity ............................. 35
2 Biodiversity of Urban-Industrial Areas and its Evaluation -
a Critical Review ........................................... 37
Rudiger Wittig
3 Cultural Aspects of Urban Biodiversity ...................... 56
Andy Millard
4 Social Aspects of Urban Biodiversity - an Overview .......... 81
Sarel Cilliers
5 Urban Biodiversity and Climate Change ...................... 101
David J. Nowak
6 Design and Future of Urban Biodiversity .................... 118
Maria Ignatieva
7 Urban Patterns and Biological Diversity: A Review .......... 145
Peter Werner and Rudolf Zahner
History and Development of Urban Biodiversity ................. 175
8 Urban Flora: Historic, Contemporary and Future Trends ...... 177
Philip James
9 Environmental History and Urban Colonizations from
an Avian Perspective ....................................... 191
Timo Vuorisalo
10 Constraints of Urbanization on Vegetation Dynamics in
a Growing City: A Chronological Framework in Rennes
(France) ................................................... 206
Vincent Pellissier, Françoise Roze and Phillipe Clergeau
11 Most Frequently Occurring Vascular Plants and the Role of
Non-native Species in Urban Areas - a Comparison of
Selected Cities in the Old and the New Worlds .............. 227
Norbert Müller
12 Factors Influencing Non-Native Tree Species Distribution
in Urban Landscapes ........................................ 243
Wayne C. Zipperer
Analysis and Evaluation of Biodiversity in Cities ............. 253
13 Towards an Automated Update of Urban Biotope Maps Using
Remote Sensing Data: What is Possible? ..................... 255
Mathias Bochow, Theres Peisker, Sigrid Roessner,
Karl Segl and Hermann Kaufmann
14 Analysis of the Planted and Spontaneous Vegetation at
Selected Open Spaces in Apipucos District of Recife,
Brazil ..................................................... 273
Dietmar Sattler, Simone Schmidt and
Marccus Vinicius da Silva Alves
15 Multivariate Approaches to the Study of Urban
Biodiversity and Vegetation: An Example from a Southern
Temperate Colonial City, Christchurch, New Zealand ......... 291
Glenn H. Stewart, Maria Ignatieva and Colin D. Meurk
16 The Biodiversity of Historic Domestic Gardens - A Study
in the Wilhelminian Quarter of Erfurt (Germany) ............ 309
Norbert Mutter
17 Old Masonry Walls as Ruderal Habitats for Biodiversity
Conservation and Enhancement in Urban Hong Kong ............ 323
C.Y. Jim
18 Green Roofs - Urban Habitats for Ground-Nesting Birds and
Plants ..................................................... 348
Nathalie Baumann and Friederike Kasten
19 South Atlantic Tourist Resorts: Predictors for Changes
Induced by Afforestation ................................... 363
Ana Faggi, Pablo Perepelizin and Jose R. Dadon
Social Integration and Education for Biodiversity ............. 381
20 Urban Green Spaces: Natural and Accessible? The Case of
Greater Manchester, UK ..................................... 383
Aleksandra Kaźmierczak, Richard Armitage and Philip James
21 Urban Wastelands - A Chance for Biodiversity in Cities?
Ecological Aspects, Social Perceptions and Acceptance of
Wilderness by Residents .................................... 406
Juliane Mathey and Dieter Rink
22 Perception of Biodiversity - The Impact of School
Gardening .................................................. 425
Dorothee Benkowitz and Karlheinz Köhler
23 Landscape Design and Children's Participation in
a Japanese Primary School - Planning Process of School
Biotope for 5 Years ........................................ 441
Keitaro Ito, Ingunn Fjortoft, Tohru Manabe,
Kentaro Masuda, Mahito Kamada and Katsunori Fujiwara
24 Attracting Interest in Urban Biodiversity with Bird
Studies in Italy ........................................... 454
Marco Dinetti
25 Allotment Gardens as Part of Urban Green Infrastructure:
Actual Trends and Perspectives in Central Europe ........... 463
Jürgen H. Breuste
Conservation, Restoration and Design for Biodiversity ......... 477
26 Integration of Natural Vegetation in Urban Design -
Information, Personal Determination and Commitment ......... 479
Clas Florgård
27 Prospects of Biodiversity in the Mega-City of Karachi,
Pakistan: Potentials, Constraints and Implications ......... 497
Salman Qureshi and Jürgen H. Breuste
28 Potential of Biodiversity and Recreation in Shrinking
Cities: Contextualization and Operationalization ........... 518
Dagmar Haase and Sophie Schetke
29 Near-Natural Restoration Strategies in Post-mining
Landscapes ................................................. 539
Anita Kirmer and Sabine Tischew
30 Restoration and Design of Calcareous Grasslands in Urban
and Suburban Areas: Examples from the Munich Plain ......... 556
Christine Joas, Johannes Gnädinger, Klaus Wiesinger,
Rüdiger Haase and Kathrin Kiehl
31 Contribution of Landscape Design to Changing Urban
Climate Conditions ......................................... 572
Katrin Hagen and Richard Stiles
32 Economics and the Convention on Biodiversity: Financial
Incentives for Encouraging Biodiversity in Nagoya .......... 593
Ryo Kohsaka
Conclusions ................................................... 608
Norbert Müller, Peter Werner and John G. Kelcey
Index ......................................................... 611
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