Interface Between Ecology And Land Development In California
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2nd Interface Between Ecology And Land Development In California
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Author : Jon E. Keeley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
2nd Interface Between Ecology And Land Development In California written by Jon E. Keeley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Fire management categories.
The 2nd Interface Between Ecology and Land Development Conference was held in association with Earth Day 1997, five years after the first Interface Conference. Rapid population growth in California has intensified the inevitable conflict between land development and preservation of natural ecosystems. Sustainable development requires wise use of diminishing natural resources and, where possible, restoration of damaged landscapes. These Earth Week Celebrations brought together resource managers, scientists, politicians, environmental consultants, and concerned citizens in an effort to improve the communication necessary to maintain our natural biodiversity, ecosystem processes and general quality of life. As discussed by our keynote speaker, Michael Soulé, the best predictor of habitat loss is population growth and nowhere is this better illustrated than in California. As urban perimeters expand, the interface between wildlands and urban areas increases. Few problems are more vexing than how to manage the fire prone ecosystems indigenous to California at this urban interface. Today resource managers face increasing challenges of dealing with this problem and the lead-off section of the proceedings considers both the theoretical basis for making decisions related to prescribed burning and the practical application. Habitat fragmentation is an inevitable consequence of development patterns with significant impacts on animal and plant populations. Managers must be increasingly resourceful in dealing with problems of fragmentation and the often inevitable consequences, including susceptibility to invasive oganisms. One approach to dealing with fragmentation problems is through careful landplanning. California is the national leader in the integration of conservation and economics. On Earth Day 1991, Governor Pete Wilson presented an environmental agenda that promised to create between land owners and environmentalists, agreements that would guarantee the protection of -endangered species and out of this grew the pioneering initiative, known as the Natural Communities Conservation Planning (NCCP) program. California's vast expanse of seemingly endless resources has traditionally been viewed as justification for abusive land use practices. The modem day recognition that resources are finite has led to greater concern, not only for conserving what is left, but for restoring abused landscapes. Ecological restoration is a new science devoted to returning disturbed environments to a semblance of their "pristine" state. Based on principles of "revegetation," restoration goes far beyond simple replanting, rather the ambition of ecological restoration is to return landscapes to functioning ecosystems and is the focus of the last section.
Interface Between Ecology And Land Development In California
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language : en
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Release Date : 1993
Interface Between Ecology And Land Development In California written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Biodiversity conservation categories.
2nd Interface Between Ecology And Land Development In California
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Author : Jon E. Keeley
language : en
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Release Date : 2000
2nd Interface Between Ecology And Land Development In California written by Jon E. Keeley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Fire management categories.
Crabgrass Crucible
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Author : Christopher C. Sellers
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2012-06-18
Crabgrass Crucible written by Christopher C. Sellers and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-18 with History categories.
Although suburb-building created major environmental problems, Christopher Sellers demonstrates that the environmental movement originated within suburbs--not just in response to unchecked urban sprawl. Drawn to the countryside as early as the late nineteenth century, new suburbanites turned to taming the wildness of their surroundings. They cultivated a fondness for the natural world around them, and in the decades that followed, they became sensitized to potential threats. Sellers shows how the philosophy, science, and emotions that catalyzed the environmental movement sprang directly from suburbanites' lives and their ideas about nature, as well as the unique ecology of the neighborhoods in which they dwelt. Sellers focuses on the spreading edges of New York and Los Angeles over the middle of the twentieth century to create an intimate portrait of what it was like to live amid suburban nature. As suburbanites learned about their land, became aware of pollution, and saw the forests shrinking around them, the vulnerability of both their bodies and their homes became apparent. Worries crossed lines of class and race and necessitated new ways of thinking and acting, Sellers argues, concluding that suburb-dwellers, through the knowledge and politics they forged, deserve much of the credit for inventing modern environmentalism.
Open File Report
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language : en
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Release Date : 2000
Open File Report written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Geological surveys categories.
Avian Ecology And Conservation In An Urbanizing World
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Author : John M. Marzluff
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Avian Ecology And Conservation In An Urbanizing World written by John M. Marzluff and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
One of the most striking and persistent ways humans dominate Earth is by changing land-cover as we settle a region. Much of our ecological understanding about this process comes from studies of birds, yet the existing literature is scattered, mostly decades old, and rarely synthesized or standardized. The twenty-seven contributions authored by leaders in the fields of avian and urban ecology present a unique summary of current research on birds in settled environments ranging from wildlands to exurban, rural to urban. Ecologists, land managers, wildlife managers, evolutionary ecologists, urban planners, landscape architects, and conservation biologists will find our information useful because we address the conservation and evolutionary implications of urban life from an ecological and planning perspective. Graduate students in these fields also will find the volume to be a useful summary and synthesis of current research, extant literature, and prescriptions for future work. All interested in human-driven land-cover changes will benefit from a perusal of this book because we present high altitude photographs of each study area.
Angeles Cleveland Los Padres San Bernardino National Forests N F Revised Land Management Plans
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language : en
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Release Date : 2005
Angeles Cleveland Los Padres San Bernardino National Forests N F Revised Land Management Plans written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.
Mediterranean Type Ecosystems
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Author : George W. Davis
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Mediterranean Type Ecosystems written by George W. Davis and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
Human activities are causing species extinctions at a rate and magnitude rivaling those of past geologic extinction events. Exploring mediterranean-type ecosystems - the Mediterranean Basin, California, Chile, Australia, and South Africa - this volume addresses the question whether biological diversity plays a significant role in the functioning of natural ecosystems, and to what extent that diversity can be reduced without causing system malfunction. Comparative studies in ecosystems that are similar in certain respects, but differ in others, offer considerable scope for gaining new insights into the links between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.
Nature In Fragments
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Author : Elizabeth A. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2005-11-04
Nature In Fragments written by Elizabeth A. Johnson and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-04 with Science categories.
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.
Restoring Diversity
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language : en
Publisher: Island Press
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Restoring Diversity written by and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Endangered plants categories.
In April, 1993, a conference of academic biologists, agency staff members, activists. and other experts critically explored the value of ecological restoration as a conservation strategy. Restoring Diversity examines and expands on the issues set forth at that gathering, including strategy, case studies, the biology of restoration and the use of mitigation in rare plant conservation.