Overview
- Presents the main concepts of ecology and land use sciences in a clear and concise way for planners scholars and practitioners
- Provides a clear and practical theoretical framework for spatial planning
- Presents state-of-the-art methods and tools to be applied by planners on ecosystem service mapping and assessment
- Provides methods and tools for planning for green infrastructure as envisaged by the EU Biodiversity Strategy
Part of the book series: Cities and Nature (CITIES)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Spatial planning defines how men use one of the most important and scarce resources on Earth: land. Planners therefore play a key role in countering or deepening the current ecological crisis. To foster ecological transitions, planning scholars and practitioners need to be equipped with sound theories and practical tools. To this end, this book advocates a re-foundation of spatial planning under the paradigm of “ecological rationality”, based on the revaluation of early pioneers of ecological planning and mutual fertilization with different disciplines, including decision-making science, ecology, (eco)system theory, land use science and political ecology.
The key principles of ecological rationality and its application to spatial planning are discussed and this conceptual framework is used to explain the main underlying drivers of ecological degradation and their spatial manifestations at the local level. Current policy instruments in the European context, which can be used tounderpin ecological planning, such as Green Infrastructure and the Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystem Service (MAES) initiative, are also examined.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Carlo Rega has a M.Sc. in environmental engineering and a PhD in spatial planning. His research interests include spatial and land-use planning, sustainable agriculture and rural development, mapping and assessment of ecosystem services; strategic environmental assessment; spatial analysis and ecological/environmental modelling. He has been involved in different international research projects on these topics and has published several papers in peer-reviewed journals. He has also advised public and private bodies in this field. Dr. Rega is currently a researcher at the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ecological Rationality in Spatial Planning
Book Subtitle: Concepts and Tools for Sustainable Land-Use Decisions
Authors: Carlo Rega
Series Title: Cities and Nature
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33027-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-33026-2Published: 17 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-33029-3Published: 18 January 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-33027-9Published: 16 January 2020
Series ISSN: 2520-8306
Series E-ISSN: 2520-8314
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 198
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Regional/Spatial Science, Sustainable Development, Ecology