Urban Regions : Ecology and Planning Beyond the City

Index 389

corridor 109 , 111, 200--1,
233, 264
distance to 217 , 347, 35 1
flattened semi-circle 286
length of ring 169
multilane23, 118 , 120,
171 --2, 295
network44, 233
radial 168 --72, 173 , 201
ring62, 168 --72, 233,
287--8
solutions for 304
squatter housing near
68
in town, dealing with
301
two-lane 118 , 171--2,see
alsoroad
urbanization next to
209--10
hilly terrain261,see also
mountain, slope
home92, 244, 330, 342
homes, aggregated 336
house
garden 316
lot4,17, 24--6, 62, 76 ,
111 , 299, 331
housing
composition of 20
density5, 116
distance to park20--1,
177
infill 198 , 200, 237, 297
near jobs 42
segregation/cost of62,
63
single- multi-unit17,
198
see alsosquatter
human,see alsopeople,
population, public
activity4, 225, 240, 320
affinity for a space 27

alteration, unplanned 18

behavior, govern334,

335--7

carrying capacity 65

consumer 52

control of species 227

-created resources added

forbiodiversity 26

dependence on natural

resource244, 245

--environment

relationship 237

habitat and range238,

342

impact of54, 58--9, 60,

225, 316

imprint65--6

and natural system55,

198

needs4, 46, 320

objects, nature with

342--3

overuse of natural

system28, 36, 57--9

perception 19

scale 16 --17

use/overuse of nature or

natural system1,

28, 36, 57--9, 199

waste69,see also

wastewater

hurricane3, 322--3,see also

cyclone

hydrology96--7

disrupted22--3

greenspace as sponge

166 , 321

as key to wetland

restoration256,

258--9

immigration

human3, 54, 63, 68--70,

75, 202

species 89

urbanization stimulates

202

impermeable surface58, 96,

100 , 189, 333

area 237

increase in 254

in megacity 339

in suburbia 15

inbreeding39--40

incentives77, 337

industrial

air pollution 323

area99, 120 , 179

by-product waste54,

57--8, 258--9

city 332

ecology 58

growth 261

waste 96

industrialized economy 52

industry263--5

edge node of 235

heavy265, 269, 294

investment in 62

modern facilities5, 265,

323

pattern relative to

307--8, 310 --11, 314

pesticide-producing 323

relocating256, 258--9,

294, 323

on river256, 258--9, 265

wateruse by332--3

influence6, 63, 283

infrastructureseebuildings,

highway,transport

etc.

input 16 , 55, 319

input/output for city 318 --19

interior species 91 , 225, 302,

330

interior-to-edge ratio 330

invasive speciessee under

non-native