Urban Regions : Ecology and Planning Beyond the City

404 Index

town(s) (cont.)

outward spread 10 , 170,

192 , 209

people in 185

planned298--301

regional approach by

surrounding 304

total border length and

number of 186 --8,

194 --7

in urban-region ring 298

-wide pattern for

planning301, 302

toxic substance96, 101 , 105,

release to air 323

traffic

busy or congested 176 ,

297

calming22, 71 , 234

capacity, radial-route

233

demand, meeting 22

growthlimited263--4,

269

noise22, 23, 104 , 233

highway bisecting town

304

truck 104

vehicular233, 263--4

volume/density/intensity

104

trail 31 , 75, 110 , 177,

see alsowalking/biking

transit-oriented development

(TOD)46, 66, 72,

234, 328,see also

underpublic

transportation232--4, 263--5,

see alsohighway,

public, rail

and air-pollution model

203

alternative modes in22,

60, 70--1, 232--4, 329

corridors

radial 110 , 202, 235

squatter housing by

64, 69, 70

urbanization along

241

urbanization model

206, 209--10, 214,

216 , 218, 221,347--8

of food, long-distance 77

growth 261

infrastructure62, 264

megacity339--40

modes60, 70--1, 329

needs to fit in

land-mosaic plan

264

network11, 202

nodes connected by 203

pattern relative to

307--8, 310 --11, 314

planner 22

route 184 --5, 192

system, connectivity in

60

system, sea-level rise and

328

in urbanization70--2

transportation/walkway

radiating from park

21 , 210

tree63, 103 , 109

and shrub cover25, 327

truck

farming,see

market-gardening

traffic 104 , 264

-transport center5, 233,

264, 269, 294

tsunami3, 98, 321, 343--5

urban343, 345

Ulaanbaatar, Mongoliasee

Color Figure 39

underpass/overpass

in Barcelona Region

295

location of23, 264

forpeople and wildlife

250, 264, 294, 304,

331

forwater and wildlife

221

with vegetation23, 72,

176 --7, 295

in view of urbanization

277

urban

agriculture 76 --8, 99--102,

151 , 332,see also

agriculture,

cropland,farmland,

urban region

area 166

coastal202, 286

keyvariable of 240

culture 12

desert 41

district 238

ecology 47

economy53, 61 --3

edge/fringe 10

forest 56

greenspace, role of

166

growth

beyond original 41 --2

boundary45, 47, 192 ,

200, 220

land and greenspace

206, 297

livability 42

metabolism 318

model linking

transportation and

land-use 203

people 97

pipe system 69