Includes bibliographical references and index.

Designing for nature in cities / Owen Manning -- Nature and city planning in the nineteenth century / Michael Laurie -- Assessing natural resources / Christopher Degenhardt -- The climate of cities / Michael Miess -- The soil, flora, and vegetation of Berlin's waste lands / Herbert Sukopp, Hans-Peter Blume and Wolfram Kunick -- The flora of walls and pavings / Stanley Woodell -- Fish in an urban environment / Alwyne Wheeler -- Bird life in the city / Michael Hounsome -- Trees in the city / David Pitt, Kenneth Soergell II and Ervin Zube -- Urban commons / Ian Laurie -- Urban woodlands / Rob Tregay -- The modern town park in Germany / Erhard Müller-Perband -- The parklands of Scandinavian cities / Per Friberg -- Nature and urban development on the Côte d'Azur / Rémi Perelman -- The development of river valley landscapes in British cities : a. Landscaping derelict urban riversides in north east England / Brian Clouston ; b. River valley renewal in Glasgow / Rodney Beaumont ; c. Environmental improvement in the river valleys of Greater Manchester / Adrian Rourke -- The Dutch example : native planting in Holland / H.J. Bos and J.L. Mol.