Geo-Spatial Technologies in Urban Environments: Policy, Practice, and Pixels

by Daniel McLean, Jay D. Gatrell, Ryan R. Jensen

Book Overview

I was introduced to cities as "ecosystems" by the late Professor Forest Stearns (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) who was an early pioneer in the studies of the urban ecology in the 1970s. I still recall the various terms: "Urban ecosystem", "Urban zones" Urban corridors" Megacities" or "Megacities' complexes" and "Megalopolis" used by various discipline experts as they grappled with the complex of all the terrestrial habitats-the city. Cities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642088902
• ISBN13: 9783642088902
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"