398 Index
precipitation39--40, 93, 253,
254, 322, 326, 334
acid 85
predator82, 83, 91 --2,
176
bioaccumulation in84,
323
keystone 84
and food
web/biodiversity, top
83, 296
principles
forcommunity234--9
ecological 301
emphasizing
function/process
229--32
forGBR247--8
general40, 197 , 199,
214 --18, 222, 223--42
land mosaic or urban
region224, 239--42,
245--6
meshed with existing
pattern and process
248
fornature and people224
fornewurbanism 299
in planning 223
protecting society 223
proto-ecology 40
fortransportation232--4
put to work 314
priority 246
areas 291
conservation38, 330
production
by-product of54, 57--8
in city 318 --19
economic 64
food77, 82
productive area65--6, 226
protected area or land8, 9,
27, 28--9, 73, 111and human impact 225
location relative to 226
metro area limited by
288
protection
aquifer 333
of area, great park for
292
of corridor 146 , 328
of emerald291, 296
long-term 36
of rare species 330
of stream corridor 292
public
health32, 76 , 92, 105 ,
255, 257, 323, 324
interest and attention
29, 33, 35, 57,
335
policy,seepolicy
preference 19
the28, 53,see also
people
transport42, 44, 72, 237,
261--4, 267, 300
understanding of plan
73, 247, 336
vision to lead 345
wetland species
appreciated by256,
258--9
pulse pattern246, 254
radial
flow287, 288
highways 185
transportation corridor
235
radial-route traffic capacity
233
radiation 102
radioactivity84, 320, 323--4
Rahimyar Khan, Pakistan
115 ,seeColor
Figure 29rail transport45, 264, 274,
275,see also
commuter
railway68, 109 , 331
rare 34
habitat 226
species 31 , 34, 37, 91 ,
106 , 250--1, 300, 330
and biophilic design
76
center of 94
fire-adapted250--1
habitat for275, 303
in wetland229, 256,
257
vertebrates83, 275, 327
recolonization
species40, 90, 230
squatter settlement 70
recreation29--31, 179--80,
182 , 296,see also
tourism,
walking/biking
access to 42
broad-scale planning for
13
in edge of natural area
225
greenway for 24
nearby natural area for
56
site, one-day29--31, 117,
140 , 216, 348
sites, many 15
swimming 85
redundancy60, 272, 325, 328
region1--16, 26, 198 --222,see
alsoecoregion,
geographic, urban
alternative plans for
268--73
corridor connecting 331
as distinct important
area 272