Urban Regions : Ecology and Planning Beyond the City

Index 391

ecology 16 --18, 20, 81 ,
199 , 203, 224, 243,
247
functioning 17
grain-size 205
metric 141
open 147
open-field 203
pattern9, 203, 301
providing input to city
319
relative to broader
region 14
role of habitat in larger
226
scale 2
structure or pattern 17
transformation of 199
landscapes
city and group of key
65--6
tied by processes 14
legal questions5, 36--7, 73,
200, 245
linkages232, 300
area for city, primary
65--6
Llobregat
Floodplain/delta251,
252, 256, 258--9,
261, 262
great park in270, 273,
277
River259, 267--8, 273
new growth261, 269,
276
lobe26, 180 --3, 184 --5, 192 ,
208--9, 287, 288
local
administration35, 36,
49
community295--304
economy, climate and
326

food 152 --3

people 33

and regional 241

space, accessibility and

234

locality302--4, 342

location 113 , 114, 226

with air pollution 338

controversial 266

fordevelopment 324

footprint 319

or position, strategic 236

and sense of place 342

London, United Kingdom

107 ,seeColor

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airport 173

greenbelt45, 73, 77

plan or urban study 12 ,

336

radial transportation

line 172

region of 46

resident, footprint for 65

social neighborhood in

73

and surrounding land

12

long-term

investment 60

limitation 53

perspective54, 59, 60

planning/design 241

protection 56

solution for community

237

spatial approach245,

335--7

value lost or low 55

Lower Anoia area261, 264,

265, 269

machine analogy, city and

237

macroclimate 11

mapping 116 , 117--18, 119,

346

Maresma251, 253, 274, 276

market 77

approaches58, 61 , 66

control with incentives

337

-driven investment 63

economics55, 64, 344

consumption in force

52, 57

gardening 152 , 153--4,

192 , 238, 252, 331,

332

area/landscape 110 ,

121 , 249, 251, 350

urbanization 217 , 219

in ecosystem service 57

marketing42, 300, 301

material flow/cycle82,

84--5

matrix 111 , 231--2

attribute of 18

characteristic 245

-forming area 37

heterogeneity 231

metro area ringed by

cropland or natural

288

with agriculture 291

measure

biophysical 64

indirect 215

megacity7, 65, 289, 334--41,

343

Melbourne, Australia 12 , 46,

47, 200, 237, 318

metapopulation39, 40, 90,

230

metro area6--8, 19 , 102, 107,

108 , 109--10, 116,

120 , 198--9, 200--2,

316

compact 287