02394nam a22003734a 4500 ebr10185560 CaPaEBR 20260707180414.0 m u cr cn||||||||| 051102s2006 dcuaf sb 001 0 eng 2005031586 1559638990 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781559638999 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)297731380 QH541.15.L35 M43 2006eb 333.95/16 22 106908 85656 Measuring landscapes [electronic resource] : a planner's handbook / André Botequilha Leitão ... [et al.]. Washington, DC : Island Press, c2006. xxiii, 245 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-236) and index. Landscape ecology : a spatial and human-oriented ecology -- Foundations of landscape ecology -- A landscape perspective -- Main characteristics of landscape ecology -- Quantifying landscape structure -- Planning the landscape : a spatial ecological approach -- Planning and landscape ecology -- Planning landscape resources -- A method of planning for sustainability -- Applying landscape metrics in planning -- The selected set of landscape metrics -- Patch richness (PR) -- Class area proportion (CAP) -- Patch number (PN) and patch density (PD) -- Mean patch size (AREA-MN, AREA-AM) -- Shape (SHAPE) -- Radius of gyration (GYRATE) -- Contagion (CONTAG) -- Edge contrast (ECON) -- Euclidian nearest neighbor distance (ENN) -- Proximity (PROX) -- Applications of landscape metrics in planning and management -- Recommendations on the use of landscape metrics to support the planning of sustainable landscapes. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Landscape ecology. 92004 Land use Planning. 129366 Sustainable development. Ecological landscape design. 95475 Electronic books. local 190 Leitão, Andre Botequilha. 151946 ebrary, Inc. 191 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10185560 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 106908 85656