Measuring landscapes
Subtitle: a planner's handbook
By: André Botequilha Leitão ... [et al.]
Contributors: Leitão, Andre Botequilha
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Landscape ecology; Land use -- Planning; Sustainable development; Ecological landscape design
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-236) and index
Table of contents: title: Landscape ecology : a spatial and human-oriented ecology; title: Foundations of landscape ecology; title: A landscape perspective; title: Main characteristics of landscape ecology; title: Quantifying landscape structure; title: Planning the landscape : a spatial ecological approach; title: Planning and landscape ecology; title: Planning landscape resources; title: A method of planning for sustainability; title: Applying landscape metrics in planning; title: The selected set of landscape metrics; title: Patch richness (PR); title: Class area proportion (CAP); title: Patch number (PN) and patch density (PD); title: Mean patch size (AREA_MN, AREA_AM); title: Shape (SHAPE); title: Radius of gyration (GYRATE); title: Contagion (CONTAG); title: Edge contrast (ECON); title: Euclidian nearest neighbor distance (ENN); title: Proximity (PROX); title: Applications of landscape metrics in planning and management; title: Recommendations on the use of landscape metrics to support the planning of sustainable landscapes