TAILIEUCHUNG - Perlman - Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers and Citizens - Chapter 8

8 Nature in the Neighborhood Throughout this book, we have discussed the importance of large, intact native ecosystems for protecting biodiversity. Large wilderness areas also have a special importance for humans, as evidenced by the strong public support in the United States. | 8 Nature in the Neighborhood Throughout this book we have discussed the importance of large intact native ecosystems for protecting biodiversity. Large wilderness areas also have a special importance for humans as evidenced by the strong public support in the United States for protecting wilderness areas in remote parts of the continent even if the vast majority of the population will never visit them. But while large wildlands are critical they are not sufficient to fulfill all of North America s conservation needs since large protected areas will constitute only a modest fraction of the landscape we must also pay attention to the conservation values of cities suburbs farms working forests and other managed lands if we are to conserve nature across a full range of settings and scales. Nor do large wildlands offer ready access to nature for the majority of North America s population which lives hundreds of miles from megaparks such as Yellowstone or Canada s Wood Buffalo National Park. For most North Americans and in the work of most planners and designers nature on a day-to-day basis means the smaller natural and seminatural areas located close to our homes. These are the lands found in Categories 5 to 8 of our natural lands typology in Chapter 7 working lands local nature areas parks and recreation areas and accidental urban and suburban open spaces. In this chapter we explore these local natural and seminatural areas beginning with a discussion of the values and functions they provide and then considering how land use professionals can improve the planning and design of such areas. We 152 APPLICATIONS conclude the chapter by reviewing the costs and benefits of interspersing humans and nature and by suggesting ways to minimize the danger to human communities from nearby natural systems. Values and Functions of Local Natural Areas Local natural areas can provide significant conservation value for native species and ecosystems even within an urban or suburban .

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