Overview
- Proposes solutions for the devastating ecological problems of Lima city, Peru
- Gives a guideline for the landscape planning in megacities of Latin America lacking green areas
- Provides a necessary themes to the sustainable development goals
Part of the book series: Sustainable Development Goals Series (SDGS)
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About this book
This book emphasizes the necessity of green spaces and landscape planning to achieve a liveable city. It will more specifically enquire on how to reach a better liveability from the current conditions of Lima. This book takes on the one hand classic concepts from urban agronomy as are soil, water and plants, and on the other hand emphasizes the resources, the plant adaptations and the urban ecosystems, according to the context of Lima. Comparisons are also made to landscape concepts from other cities of the word, contemporary methods of urban landscape research are explained in perspectives of agronomy and ecology. The ecological restoration of some natural spaces of Lima are proposed and related to the food security which impacts on the sustainability of the city. Finally, it describes representative Parks of Lima and previous research projects that have allowed to improve the urban landscape. Considering the city's cultural diversity, comparisons to the mountain and rainforest areas are also made.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Urban Ecology
Book Subtitle: A Case Study of Lima City, Perú
Authors: Ana Sabogal
Series Title: Sustainable Development Goals Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69905-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69904-8Published: 20 March 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69907-9Published: 20 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-69905-5Published: 19 March 2021
Series ISSN: 2523-3084
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3092
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 175
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 59 illustrations in colour
Topics: Landscape Ecology, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Environment, general