The planner's guide to natural resource conservation
Subtitle: the science of land development beyond the metropolitan fringe
By: Adrian X. Esparza, Guy McPherson, editors
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780387981666
Subjects: Rural Land use; Conservation of natural resources; Landscape protection; Regional planning
Description: Much of the country’s recent population growth is situated beyond the metropolitan fringe, where development consumes millions of acres of privately owned land. Exurbanization has become the dominant pattern of land development in America and there is no indication it will slow in the future. This development depletes agricultural and wildlands, and causes numerous environmental impacts ranging from the loss of biodiversity and wildland habitats to soil erosion, an increase in nonnative species, and the heightened threat to endangered species. Written for regional planners, planning commissions, local elected officials, environmental groups, and the public-at-large, The Planner’s Guide to Natural Resource Conservation provides readers from diverse, nonscientific backgrounds with a working knowledge of how and why exurbanization impacts environmental systems.^ Contributors include experts in rangeland ecology, restoration ecology, zoology, urban and regional planning, and conservation biology, who highlight the best practices to mitigate environmental problems or to avoid them altogether. Each chapter will leave readers with a firm grasp of relevant concepts and processes, an understanding of current research, and the know-how to apply science to land-use decisions. Adrian X. Esparza is Associate Professor in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Arizona (Ph.D. 1987, University of Illinois-Urbana). He taught previously in the School of Planning, College of Architecture at the University of Arizona. His research focuses on exurban land development in the southwest United States and urbanization in the United States-Mexico border region. He has published dozens of articles in the fields of urban and regional planning and regional science.^ Guy McPherson is a Professor in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Arizona (Ph.D. 1987, Texas Tech University). He also worked for the University of Georgia, Texas A & M University, University of California-Berkeley, and The Nature Conservancy. His research focuses on development and application of ecological knowledge. His scholarly efforts have produced dozens of journal articles and eight books.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Exurbanization and Aldo Leopold's human-land community / Adrian X. Esparza; title: Fundamental concepts in ecology / Guy McPherson; title: Climate change and ecology in rural lands / Joel R. Brown; title: Biodiversity and residential development beyond the urban fringe / Carl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock; title: Wildlife corridors and developed landscapes / Stephen DeStefano; title: Exurban land development and breeding birds / R. William Mannan; title: Integrating wildlife conservation into land-use plans for rapidly growing cities / William W. Shaw, Rachel McCaffrey, and Robert J. Steidl; title: Into the wild: vegetation, alien plants, and familiar fire at the exurban frontier / Lynn Huntsinger; title: Impacts of exurban development on water quality / Kathleen A. Lohse and Adina M. Merenlender; title: Preparing for human expansion into exurban riparian areas / Ann Audrey, Mark Briggs, and Kendall Kroesen; title: Storm water management in exurbia / Evan Canfield and Richard H. Hawkins; title: A science-based approach to regional conservation planning / Robert J. Steidl, William W. Shaw, and Paul Fromer; title: Mitigating environmental problems in exurban development: an overview of rural-specific planning devices / David W. Marcouiller and David Tremble.