Urban Regions : Ecology and Planning Beyond the City

Index 383

line97, 99, 109 , 180, 185
low-lying urban area
202
marine37, 93--9,347,
350
near city 158 --60
and urbanization 217
coastal
area, urban impact on
48
barrier beach 69
city283--7, 318 , 321,
328--9
damage 300
donut geometry 286
ecology93--9
effect 103
indentation 285
microclimate 286
natural area/park 180 ,
286
wetland97--8
cold air drainage, 157
Collserola, by Barcelona73,
261, 274
commercial growth62, 297
community67--8
adversity and 70
bisected 72
commuters in 116 , 223--4
development 151 , 234--9
environment237--8
history 242
horizontal/vertical86--8
garden92, 111 , 239
functionality of 240
future of 237
income 68
local75, 295--304
mixed-use 235
park in255, 257
planned297, 298
of species 9
road in 234

sense of72, 238--9

utopian 298

commuter 6

population 172

rail line46, 104 , 116,

121 , 171--2, 173 ,

233--4

compact

development17, 43, 46,

62, 236, 237, 297

form200, 209, 229, 283

growth 267

growthmodel 64

metro area 287

competition 19 , 91, 197, 203

concentric zones200, 237

urbanization185,241,332

model203, 208--9, 214 ,

216 , 218, 220,347--8

conflict3, 21 , 42, 67, 73, 188

connections

tocity 171

among objects 325

connectivity38, 147 --8, 205,

250--1, 268, 291

between cities 332

between emeralds 275

landscape23, 232, 233

fornature 145 --7

forpeople or wildlife

152 , 176--7, 250--1,

331--2

severed 206

in transport system 60

see alsocorridor

conservation9, 33--5

habitat for226--7

of nature/resources33,

55

partners in33, 35, 36,

39

planning5, 16 , 27, 33,

245

priority39, 227, 330

soil 9

of species35, 227

wateroraquatic9, 35

consistency 219 --20

consumption52, 54--5, 57--8,

64, 66, 318

controversy266, 277

cookie-cutter imprint 337

cool air drainage 104 , 157

cooling

evaporative 326

power/waste water for

332

corridors

attributes of natural 18

characteristic 245

connectivity 231

of development 176

of emerald network 331

function and control231

gap in 231

green 108 , 111

as habitat 328

highway 109 , 111, 233,

264

large north--south 328

major/wide green38--9,

108

model 204

natural229--32

patches attached to 231

pipeline 110

protection of 328

radial 235

radiating from park 21 --2

railway/railroad 109

between regions 331

river/stream 109 , 110,

111

string of pearls 331

or strip20,see also

patch, stream

vegetated 39

width 231