Ecology of Tropical Cities, Volume II: Biodiversity, People & Places
暫譯: 熱帶城市生態學 第二卷：生物多樣性、人與地方
Angeoletto, Fabio, Tryjanowski, Piotr, Fellowes, Mark D. E.
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This contributed volume addresses the global scale of urbanization and its impacts on biodiversity. By adding human capital, cities are incubators for new ideas and technologies, creating the possibility for socially and environmentally sensitive growth, but this is rarely seen. Urban ecology, an essential field that supports planning based on environmental perspectives, is a new science in tropical countries. This book discusses the social inequity embedded in tropical cities and explores how this inequity also materializes in biodiversity, with poor neighborhoods of tropical cities lacking sufficient access to green space, and therefore reduced access to the benefits of nature, and poor support for biodiversity. With the current biodiversity crisis, the traditional approach to protecting pristine areas is insufficient. The chapters in this volume illustrate how tropical cities can act as spaces for biological conservation. Ecological literacy can help cities reconcile the needs of both people and of nature.
This book compiles studies by experts from more than 100 institutions and 29 countries on the ecology and biodiversity of tropical cities at multiple scales and applies their studies to urban planning and management. The audience for this book includes researchers, students, and professionals working on environmental, social, economic, cultural, political, architectural, and development projects in urban areas, offering a deep and timely discussion of their influence on the fauna and flora of tropical cities.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
本論文集探討全球都市化的規模及其對生物多樣性的影響。城市在加入人力資本後，成為孕育新構想與新技術的溫床，因而有可能促成兼顧社會與環境的成長，但這種情況卻很少真正出現。都市生態學是支持以環境觀點進行規劃的重要領域，在熱帶國家則仍是一門新興科學。本書討論熱帶城市中根深蒂固的社會不平等，並探究這種不平等如何同樣反映在生物多樣性上：熱帶城市中的貧困社區缺乏充分的綠地，因此無法充分享有大自然所帶來的益處，也缺乏對生物多樣性的支持。面對當前的生物多樣性危機，保護原始自然區域的傳統方法已不足以應對。本論文集中的各章說明熱帶城市如何成為生物保育的空間。生態素養有助於城市調和人類與自然雙方的需求。
本書彙整來自超過 100 個機構及 29 個國家的專家研究，從多重尺度探討熱帶城市的生態與生物多樣性，並將這些研究應用於都市規劃與管理。本書的讀者包括在都市地區從事環境、社會、經濟、文化、政治、建築及發展計畫的研究人員、學生與專業人士，並為讀者深入且及時地討論這些因素對熱帶城市動植物的影響。
作者簡介
Dr. Fabio Angeoletto is a Brazilian biologist, journalist, and science communicator. He holds a PhD in Ecology from the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. Currently, he is a professor and researcher in the Graduate Program in Environmental Management and Technology at Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis, Brazil. His research aims to understand how human factors influence the biodiversity of tropical cities, and how urban ecology could be applied in urban planning and environmental management and in the conservation of urban tropical biodiversity.
Dr. Piotr Tryjanowski has been director of the Institute of Zoology at the Poznań University of Life Sciences in Poland since 2009. Currently is also a guest professor at the Institute of Advanced Study Technical University of Munich, Germany. His research has a wide geographical scope, which includes tropical countries. His scientific interests include behavioral ecology, climate impact, birds in rural landscapes, and urban ecology. Dr. Tryjanowski has been dedicated to studying how urbanization affects the phenology of birds, what are the impacts of urban and industrial infrastructure on birds and other animals. He published more than 250 scientific articles, which were cited more than 12,000 times. In November 2019 Professor Piotr Tryjanowski was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague.
Dr. Mark Fellowes is a Full Professor of Zoology and Pro-Vice Chancellor at Royal Holloway, University of London. He was previously at the University of Reading, UK. With a broad background in insect evolutionary ecology, his more recent work has focused on urban ecosystems, with a particular interest in how human decisions affect urban biodiversity. His projects have taken place in the UK, Brazil, India, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, and the USA, working on species ranging from weevils and aphids to sloth bears and leopards. In addition to his papers, Mark has published four popular science books in the 30-Second series, on Evolution, Biology, Ecology, and Zoology, the latter of which was chosen as one of the wildlife books of the year by BBC Wildlife magazine. Mark's work has been widely covered in the press and broadcast media.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Dr. Fabio Angeoletto 是一位巴西生物學家、記者與科學傳播者。他取得西班牙 Autonomous University of Madrid 的生態學博士學位。目前，他是巴西 Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis 環境管理與技術研究所研究所的教授兼研究員。他的研究旨在了解人類因素如何影響熱帶城市的生物多樣性，以及如何將都市生態學應用於都市規劃、環境管理與都市熱帶生物多樣性的保育工作。
自 2009 年起，Dr. Piotr Tryjanowski 擔任波蘭 Poznań University of Life Sciences 動物學研究所所長。目前，他也是德國 Technical University of Munich 高等研究院的客座教授。他的研究涵蓋廣泛的地理範圍，包括熱帶國家。他的科學研究興趣包括行為生態學、氣候影響、農村景觀中的鳥類，以及都市生態學。Tryjanowski 博士長期研究都市化如何影響鳥類的物候，以及都市與工業基礎設施對鳥類和其他動物造成的影響。他已發表超過 250 篇科學論文，累計被引用超過 12,000 次。2019 年 11 月，Piotr Tryjanowski 教授獲捷克 Prague 的 Czech University of Life Sciences 授予名譽博士學位。
Dr. Mark Fellowes 是 Royal Holloway, University of London 的動物學正教授兼副校長。他此前任職於英國 University of Reading。他具備昆蟲演化生態學的廣泛研究背景，近期研究則聚焦於都市生態系，尤其關注人類決策如何影響都市生物多樣性。他的研究計畫遍及英國、巴西、印度、南非、迦納、奈及利亞與美國，研究對象從象鼻蟲、蚜蟲，到懶熊與豹等各類物種。除了學術論文之外，Mark 也在 30-Second 系列中出版了四本科普書籍，主題涵蓋演化、生物學、生態學與動物學；其中《動物學》一書獲 BBC Wildlife 雜誌選為年度野生動物書籍之一。Mark 的研究廣受報章媒體與廣播電視媒體報導。
