This paper introduces an integrative methodology that has been developed to measure temporal changes in urban morphology based on the techniques of multiple endmember spectral mixture analysis (MESMA), landscape metrics, and fuzzy logic. In order to illustrate an application of the methodology, the paper uses two satellite images acquired in 1990 and 2000 for the metropolitan area of Los Angele...

Wetlands support unique biota and provide important ecosystem services. These services are highly threatened due to the rate of loss and relative rarity of wetlands in most landscapes, an issue that is exacerbated in highly modified urban environments. Despite this, critical ecological knowledge is currently lacking for many wetland-dependent taxa, such as insectivorous bats, which can persist ...

With the continuous acceleration of urbanization, urban construction has gradually become an important factor to promote development productive forces, level first-tier cities in China is higher than that second-tier cities, and economic volume about several times other cities. Therefore, productivity. As a special regional type, city watershed complex system with integrity regionality. The par...

The research deals with the concept of resilience in urban landscape terms its ecological aspect, as a dynamic system that is formed from interactions nature artificial elements, and it possesses resilient relationships create spatial temporal continuity. includes new theoretical tools for thinking resulted transformation sustainable development model became more important emergence crises unex...

Reconciling human and non-human use of urban regions to support biological conservation represents a major challenge for the 21st century. The concept of reconciliation ecology, by which the anthropogenic environment may be modified to encourage non-human use and biodiversity preservation without compromising societal utilization, potentially represents an appropriate paradigm for urban conserv...

urban landscapes form the main parts of the city. one of these spaces is urban streets, in whichsocial interactions and urban vitality reach its maximum quality and quantity. one of the principles and properties ofurban landscape design is its intelligibility. a viewer who takes a look at an intelligible city and knows it can attract newemotional manifestations of city without damaging its orig...