This book gives an interdisciplinary overview on urban ecology. The book investigates specific consequences for the environment, nature and the quality of life for city dwellers due to profound changes such as climate change and the demographic and economic developments associated with the phenomena of shrinking cities.

The book provides a contribution to the international discussion on urban ecology.Actual problems of urban ecology discuss not only in terms of natural dimensions such as atmosphere, biosphere, pedosphere and hydrosphere but also in terms of social and cultural dimensions such as urban planning, residence and recreation, traffic and mobility and economic values.

Contents
Preface
Foreword
Contributors
Chapter 1: Introduction: From Urban Nature Studies to Ecosystem Services
Chapter 2: Particulate Matter in the Urban Atmosphere: Concentration, Distribution, Reduction - Results of Studies in the Berlin Metropolitan Area
Chapter 3: Contamination of Urban Surface and Ground Water Resources and Impact on Aquatic Species
Chapter 4: Urban Soils in the Vadose Zone
Chapter 5: Plants in Urban Settings: From Patterns to Mechanisms and Ecosystem Services
Chapter 6: New Directions in Urban Avian Ecology: Reciprocal Connections between Birds and Humans in Cities
Chapter 7: Urban Economy
Chapter 8: Remote Sensing and Spatial Modelling of the Urban Environment
Chapter 9: Social Dimensions of Urban Restructuring: Urban Gardening, Residents' Participation, Gardening Exhibitions
Chapter 10: From L. Wirth to E. Wirth: Integrating Effects of the Organizational Division of Labour into the Study of Urban Life
Chapter 11: Human Perception of Urban Environment and Consequences for its Design
Chapter 12: The Social Construction of City Nature: Exploring Temporary Uses of Open Green Space in Berlin

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