Urban Regions : Ecology and Planning Beyond the City

394 Index

natural (cont.)

protection52, 55, 190 ,

191

selection90, 92

system1, 7--8, 9, 35,

80--112,see also

nature

benefit to 5

bybuilt area 165 --8

in built area 165 --8

in city or metro area

65

and clean water 254

and culture 74 --6

degradation of56, 344

and development 72

economic dividend

244--5

in economic model

56, 334

facsimile of 165 --6, 178

gain for255, 257

human (over)use57--9,

199 , 206, 215 , 272,

280

humans and4, 5, 54,

64

impacts on54, 57--9,

188 , 206

and land use 243

multi-use 245

in planned town 299

protection245, 296

restoration 291

in short supply 56

solution provided by 5

sustained near city 6

transportation in

232--4

in urban study 12

value or benefit4,

56--7

systems

flooding and 297

near metro area 193

protection 249

urban region plan 336

vegetation

absorption of water

321

on aquifer56, 231,

254

corridor 328

in house lot 299

and human-use space

8

loss, flood following 322

matrix 288

network 232

on nearby slope 157 --8

patch49, 225, 229

protection of56--7

river/stream 155 --6

around water supply

161 --2

nature4, 7--9, 31 , 35, 80, 89,

138 --63, 279, 280

appreciation of 76

biophilic design for 76

and built environment

67, 329

change in 8

conservation35, 38

in culture 74 --5, 76 , 78

design and 13

and engineering 329

enhanced 72

and extreme weather

329

--human interaction 246

and human objects

342--3

in a municipality

266--8

pattern for306--7, 309

and people24--6, 185 ,

216 , 219, 243, 245,

248

balance of60, 61 , 65

meshed4, 6, 16 --18,

317

principle for224, 242,

245

protection5, 252

rarity of 31

reserve8, 31 --2

shreds of 318 --19

tospace, adding342--3

sustained, bulk of 9

tourism273, 293

in urban region 141 ,

142 --50

value of 74

wealth and 66

neighbor, protection by 68

neighborhood20, 22, 67

and community67--8

creation of 43

and greenspace 234

and park 21 --2

low-income 63

parks 331

quality of life in 71

resident 110

social 73

scales, region, town and

302

species movement in

21 --2

unit 238

neighborhoods68, 238

neighboring community 75

net,seegreen

network 108 , 111, 229--232,

see also under

emerald

with connected

components, system

as270--2

of green corridors 39

patch/corridor302, 304

new urbanism72, 298, 299