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This volume examines the applicability of landscape urbanism theory in contemporary landscape architecture practice by bringing together ecology and architecture in the built environment. Using participatory planning of green infrastructure and application of nature-based solutions to address urban challenges, landscape urbanism seeks to reintroduce critical connections between natural and urban systems. In light of ongoing developments in landscape architecture, the goal is a paradigm shift towards a landscape that restores and rehabilitates urban ecosystems. Nine contributions examine a wide range of successful cases of designing livable and resilient cities in different geographical contexts, from the United States of America to Australia and Japan, and through several European cities in Italy, Portugal, Estonia, and Greece. While some chapters attempt to conceptualize the interconnections between cities and nature, others clearly have an empirical focus. Efforts such as the use of ornamental helophyte plants in bioretention ponds to reduce and treat stormwater runoff, the recovery of a poorly constructed urban waterway or participatory approaches for optimizing the location of green stormwater infrastructure and examining the environmental justice issue of equative availability and accessibility to public open spaces make these innovations explicit. Thus, this volume contributes to the sustainable cities goal of the United Nations.

public perception --- urban sustainability --- public open space --- landscape urbanism --- urban ecology --- re-naturing cities --- floating treatment wetland --- viable city --- deprived areas --- urban planning --- renaturing cities --- Greece --- postal questionnaire --- pedestrian zones --- street verges --- landscape first --- public green infrastructure (PGI) --- resource rationalization --- context-sensitive design --- green infrastructure --- environmental justice --- river restoration --- public amenity --- well-being --- sustainable cities --- Japan --- recreation --- plant ecology --- social equity --- runoff --- sustainable development --- Soviet-era housing blocks --- regenerative design --- biophilic urbanism --- livability --- post-postmodernism --- landscape history --- nature-based solutions --- vacant land --- nature-based solution --- built environment --- green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) --- urban nature (UN) --- urban design --- geographic information systems --- landscape theory --- urban geography --- residents’ views --- pollutant removal --- liveability --- visitor satisfaction survey --- biophilic design --- Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) --- urban nature --- spontaneous vegetation --- Asia --- green gentrification --- site suitability modeling --- landscape architecture --- Roma minority --- Philadelphia

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The management of wildlife populations and their habitats are interdisciplinary fields that encompass many scientific disciplines that also impact the lives of people. Therefore, these are truly applied sciences where human dimensions play an important role.This book highlights the importance of conducting rigorous studies to design and implement the effective management and restoration of wild populations and their habitats. A new paradigm in conservation is developing that goes beyond the boundaries of protected areas to achieve the goal of sustainable development. The 16 papers in this book, including reviews and a project report, cover a broad range of topics, exploring a diversity of subjects that are representative of current practices and novel applications.We would like to thank both the MDPI publishers and editorial staff for their support and help during the process of editing this book, in addition to the authors for their contributions.

Research & information: general --- Geography --- road safety --- roadkill --- clustering --- growth rate --- traffic intensity --- mitigation measures --- roadkill analysis --- movement patterns --- habitat characterisation --- multiple criteria --- multi-objective ranking --- environmental awareness --- machine learning --- random forest model --- structural equation modelling --- latent class analysis --- visitor mapping --- social-ecological systems --- cultural rural landscape --- protected areas --- rewilding --- rural socioeconomics --- forest expansion --- rural to urban land conversion --- biocultural heritage --- biodiversity --- naturalness --- land-cover change --- habitat quality --- InVEST --- ecosystem-based approach and assessment --- nature-based solution --- decision-making support --- national park management --- wildlife protection --- biodiversity conservation --- policy framework --- policy formulation --- China --- agricultural management --- amphibians --- beta diversity --- community ecology --- metacommunities --- constructed wetlands --- bats --- urban ecology --- long-term monitoring --- acoustics --- city parks --- community dynamics --- conservation evaluation --- at-risk species --- golden-winged warbler --- landowner incentives --- New England cottontail --- Natural Resources Conservation Service --- U.S. Department of Agriculture --- Working Lands for Wildlife --- camera-trapping --- conservation puma --- relative integrated anthropization index --- INRA --- South American grey fox --- habitat adaptability --- habitat model --- habitat selection --- habitat suitability --- use versus availability --- Maxent --- presence points --- GPS radio-collars --- anthropogenic variables --- species distribution models --- Spermophilus citellus --- maximum entropy modeling --- species distribution modeling --- climate change refugia --- urodela --- salamandridae --- caudata --- biosphere reserve --- habitat restoration --- species management --- life project --- activity patterns --- Lepus granatensis --- population decline --- niche --- Oryctolagus cuniculus --- roadside census --- predator-prey relationships --- spatio-temporal behavior --- abundance --- distance sampling --- population density --- R package --- wildlife survey --- uncertainty --- occupancy modeling --- road ecology