Table of Contents

Landscape bionomics and the theory of living systems.- Landscape structure.- Landscape functions (physiology).- Transformation and pathology of landscapes.- Landscape analysis of vegetation.- Landscape analysis of animal and human populations.- General and bionomic analysis of the landscape.- Historical evaluation of the landscape.- Diagnostic evaluation of the landscape.- Landscape therapy and territorial planning.- Therapy and design of the landscape.- Applications in alpine landscapes.- Applications in plain landscapes.- Comparison between two rural-suburban landscapes from Brussels and Milan.- Landscape environmental ethic.- Glossary.

About the Author

Vittorio Ingegnoli possesses two degrees in Architecture and the Natural Sciences and is currently a professor by contract at the University of Milan, where he teaches Ecological Landscape Design and Ecology of Alpine Landscapes and Forests. He is one of the founders of Landscape Ecology and was a founding member of SIEP, the Italian section of IALE (International Association for Landscape Ecology). He was also a co-founder (with R. Bunce, UK) of the European Forum for Landscape Monitoring. Professor Ingegnoli is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian section of the International Association for Impact Assessment and a member of the Task Force Con.Eco.For. (CFS, State Foresters). Together with prof. H. Gulink he is the coordinator of a research on Rural-Suburban Landscapes, Universities of Milan and Leuven (Belgium).