02397nam a22003734a 4500001001200000003000800012005001700020006001900037007001500056008004100071010001700112020003500129020001800164040002100182035002100203050002900224082001800253090001800271245011700289260004400406300006600450504006400516505091500580533015201495650003001647650003201677650002901709650004001738655003401778700004001812710002201852856013101874999001802005ebr10185560CaPaEBR20260707180414.0m        u        cr cn|||||||||051102s2006    dcuaf   sb    001 0 eng    z  2005031586  z1559638990 (pbk. : alk. paper)  z9781559638999  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)29773138014aQH541.15.L35bM43 2006eb04a333.95/16222  c106908d8565600aMeasuring landscapesh[electronic resource] :ba planner's handbook /cAndré Botequilha Leitão ... [et al.].  aWashington, DC :bIsland Press,cc2006.  axxiii, 245 p., [4] p. of plates :bill. (some col.) ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-236) and index.0 aLandscape 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2009.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aLandscape ecology.992004 0aLand usexPlanning.9129366 0aSustainable development. 0aEcological landscape design.995475 7aElectronic books.2local91901 aLeitão, Andre Botequilha.91519462 aebrary, Inc.919140uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10185560zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c106908d85656