Urban Regions : Ecology and Planning Beyond the City

Index 405

planner 13 , 35
planning5, 16 , 27, 40,
245
regionseeurban region,
urban-region
regions
commonalities 294
competition 197
group of 7
solution applicable to
293--5
urbanization
evaluated in 215 --22
ruralinteraction 61 --2
sustainability 61 , 65--6,
315 , 317--19
tsunami343, 345
waterbody 69
urban region1, 6,11--15, 26,
28, 34, 39, 55, 62,
106 , 199,see also
urban-region
analysis of 203
biodiversity in 332
border-density in 193 --5
boundary6, 16 , 116--17,
20, 140 , 206, 290
building block of 295
built area in6--7
climate change and
response for 326
conservation outside of
330
constrained 206
in contrast to city 45
culture in 12 , 294
characteristics of 81
nearby city and 289
distant change and 16 ,
90
dynamic 198
economics 61 --3, 64,
294
ecoregion relative to 14

as entity 116 , 164, 183--5,

189 --97

flows/movements in 116

food in 141 , 150--5

footprint of 65

governance336, 337--8

greenhouse gas from

326

growing 64

impacts of 330

importance 272

important area/site in

119

large and complex, too

344

links 16 , 164

major areas of 107

mapping 113 --19

megacity in 289

and metro area 190 , 215,

290

as system, plan and 319

in national district 289

nature or natural land

in 141 , 142--50, 219

output from 16

parks, pearls as 331

pattern or structure7,

19 --20, 239, 282--90,

304--14, 317

people and nature in

222

plan for natural systems

336

planning45--50, 167 ,

317 , 338

political/administrative

unit in 197

population 140

principle for 224

in ring of cities 289

solution for 295

rare species in 330

scale2, 13 , 67--8

setting of282--90

small 206

spatial attribute of54,

64, 197

stability and flexibility

in 60

string of pearls in 331

subdivided 171

in two nations/states

289, 336

wetlands in256, 258

within a megalopolis

289

urban-region

emeralds 331

planning 245

population sustained 76

ring7, 8, 10 , 45, 102 ,

183 , 186--8, 206

agriculture in 150 ,

190 --1

area of 190 , 206

and biodiversity 332

cities in outer 209

composition 19

inner 107 , 108, 110,

195

land type 190 , 191,

192

large patch in 166

and metro area/border

189 --91, 283, 287--8,

316

new town in 298

outer 106 , 107, 108,

111 --12, 147, 177,

186 , 195--7

site or resource in

189 --91, 198

waterrunoff from

283--5

width287, 288, 291

wildlife and 294

watersupply 333