Perlman - Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers and Citizens - Chapter 9 docx
Perlman - Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers and Citizens - Chapter 9 docx
... mechanics.The information pro-
vided here is intended to help planners and designers assess when and how
restoration might play a part in their projects, understand and critique restora-
tion plans and designs ... example, ecologists use fire and clearing (tree and shrub cutting) to change
forests to more open ecosystem types, such as savannas, shrublands, and grass-
lands. Once...
Perlman - Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers and Citizens - Chapter 5 docx
... into a handful of guide-
lines for ecologically based planning and design. First, as we plan human land
uses, it is important to understand the patterns of native populations and meta-
populations ... bullfrogs and mosquitofish, also compete
with red-legged frogs for specific food sources. Both bullfrogs and mosquitofish
were introduced to California by humans for food and mosqui...
Perlman - Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers and Citizens - Chapter 1 potx
... HUMANS, NATURE, AND INTERACTIONS
Figure 1-1 . This sample site map shows a fifty-acre
(20 ha) farm, including fields, farm buildings, a
stream and wetlands, and some forest. Like many
maps and plans, ... their lives in the wetland.
Land use planners, designers, and developers usually work within unam-
biguous geographic boundaries and over relatively short time periods. In con...
Perlman - Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers and Citizens - Chapter 2 pptx
... sala-
manders and other species in their community.They would ask which species eat
the salamanders, which ones the salamanders eat, and which ones compete with
the salamanders for food and other ... and
engineering-oriented individuals, and an ethical argument that avoids discus-
sions of money and appeals directly to human intuition.
For land use planners and the constitue...
Perlman - Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers and Citizens - Chapter 3 pptx
... years; deforestation and other land
use changes in upstream areas have increased the severity of flooding down-
stream, as occurred along the Mississippi River in 199 3 and in the Nicaraguan
lowlands ... however, the town-become-city now ex-
tends well out into the neighboring farmlands, rangelands, and mountains and
has become part of a larger metropolitan complex (see Figure 3-1 )....
Perlman - Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers and Citizens - Chapter 4 potx
... the Massachusetts Forest, pp. 19 66 [Petersham, MA:
Harvard Forest, 199 8].)
In contrast, by clearing out the understory of forests, low-intensity fires en-
able certain plant and animal species ... species, and how energy and nu-
trients flow through the landscape. These topics relate directly to land use and
offer planners and designers specific recommendations for improving the ec...
Perlman - Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers and Citizens - Chapter 6 pdf
... speaks to the need for immediate and
radical action, yet planning is marked by incrementalism and political give -and-
take, and land development is marked by risk-averse formulas for financial
success. ... and to preserve nature’s mag-
nificent legacy for its own sake and that of future human generations.
The Ecology of Landscapes 127
Figure 6-5 b. High-speed two-lane road...
Perlman - Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers and Citizens - Chapter 7 pot
... Land cover data usually distinguish
among various types of forests, grasslands, or wetlands (e.g., coniferous forest versus mixed forest versus hard-
wood forest) and are especially helpful for ... scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to pro-
vide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unim-
paire...
Perlman - Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers and Citizens - Chapter 8 pptx
... natural and semi-natural
areas of various types; in the next chapter, we will discuss how damaged lands
can be restored and how natural and semi-natural lands can be managed for long-
term ecological ... urban and suburban areas will almost always
be multiple-use lands, providing some level of utility for plants and animals as
well as for humans. Yet, how these lands are plan...
Perlman - Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers and Citizens - Chapter 10 ppt
... vegetation on the landscape for as long possible while weav-
ing corridors and small reserves into the built portion of the landscape (see Fig-
ure 6-1 0). Fortunately, this land transformation model ... Mississippi and Missouri river floods of 199 3, $20
billion from the 199 4 Northridge Earthquake, and billions more from other dis-
asters.
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Time and again, structural defenses,...
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