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Author Kendle, Tony.

Title Urban nature conservation : landscape management in the urban countryside / Tony Kendle and Stephen Forbes
Edition First edition
Published London ; New York : Spon, 1997

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 MELB  333.77160941 Ken/Unc  AVAILABLE
Description xvi, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents 1. The urban estate and the 'urban countryside' -- 2. The urban environment and urban species -- 3. The history of development of ecological landscape styles / S. Forbes, D. Cooper and A. D. Kendle -- 4. The objectives of urban nature conservation -- 5. Biogeography and conservation planning in the urban countryside -- 6. Ecological restoration and habitat creation -- 7. Restoration and creation of the main biome types -- 8. Strategic management issues in the urban countryside / A. D. Kendle, R. Candy and S. Forbes -- 9. Nature for people / C. L. E. Rhode and A. D. Kendle
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-344)
Subject Cities and towns -- Great Britain.
City planning.
Greenbelts.
Land use, Rural -- Great Britain.
Land use, Urban -- Great Britain.
Landscape protection -- Great Britain -- Management.
Nature conservation -- Great Britain.
Nature conservation.
Urban ecology (Biology)
Urban ecology (Biology) -- Great Britain.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urban plants -- Great Britain.
Author Forbes, S. J. (Stephen J.)
LC no. 19982279
ISBN 0419193006