Routledge Handbook of Urban Biodiversity

This handbook provides a state-of-the-art, comprehensive overview of the expanding field of urban biodiversity.

The field of urban biodiversity has emerged from within the broad discipline of urban ecology in the past two decades and is now a significant field in its own right. In view of this, the Routledge Handbook of Urban Biodiversity presents a thorough treatment of this field detailing the history of urban biodiversity, theoretical foundations, current state of knowledge, and application of that knowledge. The handbook is split into four parts:

• Part I: Setting the Stage for Urban Biodiversity Research and Practice
• Part II: Foundational Concepts and Theory in Urban Biodiversity Research
• Part III: Population and Community Ecology of Key Urban Taxa
• Part IV: Urban Biodiversity Practice: Management, Planning, and Design for Healthy Communities

This volume contains interdisciplinary and global contributions from establis