Urban Regions : Ecology and Planning Beyond the City

Figure 11.3Locality-centered region and rare species habitat. Eighteen towns
around Concord, Massachusetts (USA) form a functional region with frequent
interactions. Priority habitats for state-protected rare plant and animal species are
mapped to help understand regional patterns for greenspace planning in the
central town. Mapped by Matthew Barrett using 2003 Massachusetts Natural
Heritage & Endangered Species Program data. From Formanet al. (2004).