Nature in Fragments: The Legacy of Sprawl (New Directions in Biodiversity Conservation) [Paperback]

Elizabeth Johnson (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0231127790 | ISBN-13: 978-0231127790 | Publication Date: September 28, 2005

This new collection focuses on the impact of sprawl on biodiversity and the measures that can be taken to alleviate it. Leading biological and social scientists, conservationists, and land-use professionals examine how sprawl affects species and alters natural communities, ecosystems, and natural processes. The contributors integrate biodiversity issues, concerns, and needs into the growing number of anti-sprawl initiatives, including the "smart growth" and "new urbanist" movements.

Editorial Reviews

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This book provides on of the most comprehensive treatises on sprawl available.

(Elizabeth Farnsworth Ecology )

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Buildings and roads sprawling willy-nilly across the landscape are the clearest manifestation of the processes -- overpopulation and overconsumption -- that ultimately threaten Earth's biological diversity. In this volume, leading scientists and conservationists provide an articulate assessment of this fundamental issue and chart a course for addressing it.

(Malcolm L. Hunter Jr., Libra Professor of Conservation Biology, University of Maine )

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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Columbia University Press (September 28, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0231127790
• ISBN-13: 978-0231127790
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,693,983 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)