Urban Regions : Ecology and Planning Beyond the City

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Index 403

from urban-region ring
283--5
and wastewater255,
256, 257--8, 267,
293--4
strategic
approach6, 245
area interests in a 276
location 147 --8, 236
for growth273, 292
underpass/overpass
264
stream 120 , 254--5,see also
corridor,
river/stream
channelized or24, 42,
189
corridor23--5, 56, 110 ,
156 , 230
and drainage area
231
extent of255--6, 257
in green wedge 192
network24, 111
protected vegetation
23--4, 111 , 118, 272
order/size24, 94
pollution 111
and small river 118
squatter housing near
68
system37, 94, 256, 257
as water supply 160 --1,
333
string of pearls 110 , 250, 276,
331
strip development 152 ,
159 --60, 168 --71, 172,
174 , 185, 201, 210 ,
219 , 221, 331
suburbs6--7,14--15, 19, 78,
237, 301--4
successional habitat or
species88, 252


sulfur85, 105 , 265, 318
surface runoff230,see
alsoimpermeable
surface-water flow 4
sustainability47, 59--60, 61 ,
208, 316 , 317--19
sustainable
development60, 238,
335
environment14, 18, 60
natural area by city 73
park system 234
system or state2, 65--6
urban region48--50
sustained
growth 61
natural system near city
6
urban-region population
76
swale, vegetated 23
swamp68--9, 93, 118 ,see also
marsh, wetland
system,8, 107 ,see also
aquifer, ecological,
groundwater,
network, parks
city or region as4, 15 ,
65, 318 --19
economic and social 63
flexibility provided by
270--2
of greenspaces and
corridors48, 146
loop or circuit in 325
plan footprints and
urban region as 319
sustainable2, 65--6
transportation60, 328
urban pipe 69
wind transport 8

technological change57, 60,
64

Tegucigalpa, Honduras68,
163 ,seeColor
Figure 37
Tehran, IranseeColor
Figure 38
temperature 102 , 103, 326--8,
see alsoheat
theory,see alsoprinciple
central place 242
hierarchy 242
land-mosaic245--6
urban planning 40
analysis to develop 290
tidal
portion of river 228
wave,seetsunami
zone, freshwater94--5
Tijuana, Mexico48,see also
San Diego/Tijuana
timescale59--61
of sustainability 208
Tokyo 12 , 107, 165, 178, 338
Tordera floodplain, lower
249, 251, 252, 256,
258--9
Tordera river system259,
273
tourism 117 , 140, 273, 275,
293, 326,348,see
alsorecreation
town(s)7, 76 , 120, 186--8,
266--7, 273
center in metro area
43--4, 301--4
-centered region302--4
with commuter rail 301
composition of 20
edge and cross-boundary
effects5, 304
edge park for266, 292
growth of 261
highway in 301
industry by 259
other towns and302--4
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