Author Description

"With contributors from 33 different countries, the second edition widens the handbook's scope by including ecological design; consideration of cultural dimensions of the use and conservation of urban nature; the roles of government and civil society; and the continuing issues of equity and fairness in access to urban greenspaces. Scholars, graduate students, as well as practitioners and civil society members, are provided with an invaluable and up to date guide to current urban ecological thinking across the range of disciplines, such as geography, ecology, environmental science/studies, planning, and urban studies"--