McDonnell Mark J., Hahs Amy K., Breuste Jurgen H. Ecology of Cities and Towns: A Comparative Approach

Cambridge University Press, 2009. — 736 p. — ISBN: 0521861128.The unprecedented growth of cities and towns around the world, coupled with the unknown effects of global change, has created an urgent need to increase ecological understanding of human settlements, in order to develop inhabitable, sustainable cities and towns in the future. Although there is a wealth of knowledge regarding the understanding of human organisation and behaviour