num_pages: 400
description: This new collection focuses on the impact of sprawl on biodiversity and the measures that can be taken to alleviate it. Leading biological and social scientists, conservationists, and land-use professionals examine how sprawl affects species and alters natural communities, ecosystems, and natural processes. The contributors integrate biodiversity issues, concerns, and needs into the growing number of anti-sprawl initiatives, including the "smart growth" and "new urbanist" movements.
language: English
title: Nature in Fragments: The Legacy of Sprawl
titlecomplete: Nature in Fragments: The Legacy of Sprawl (American Museum of Natural History, Center for Biodiversity Conservation, Series on Biodiversity)
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Columbia University Press