Quantifying Spatiotemporal Patterns and Ecological Effects of Urbanization: A Multiscale Landscape Approach

Applied Urban Ecology: A Global Framework

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 33-53

  Wu, Jianguo ^a,b   Buyantuyev, Alexander ^b   Jenerette, G Darrel ^c   Litteral, Jennifer ^a   Neil, Kaesha ^a   Shen, Weijun ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Human domination; Multiscale landscape approach; Quantifying spatiotemporal patterns; Simulation models; Spectral mixture analysis (SMA); Urban ecology, ecosystem approach pathways; Urban sustainability; Urbanization and biogeochemical patterns; Urbanization patterns and landscape metrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886045499     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444345025.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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