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Jari Niemela: Introduction; Mark McDonnell: The History of Urban Ecology; Section 1 - Ecology in Cities: Man-Made Physical Conditions; Jurgen H. Breuste: Introduction to Section 1; 1.1 Stephan Pauleit and Jurgen H. Breuste: Land Use and Surface Cover as Urban Ecological Indicators; 1.2 Eberhard Parlow: Urban Climate; 1.3 Martin Sauerwein: Urban Soils - Characterization, Pollution and Relevance in Urban Ecosystems; 1.4 Marc Illgen: Hydrology of Urban Environments; Jurgen H. Breuste: Summary of Section 1; Section 2 - Ecology in Cities: Patterns of Urban Biodiversity; Glenn R. Guntenspergen: Introduction to Section 2; 2.1 Andrew H. Baldwin: Plant Communities of Urban Wetlands: Patterns and Controlling Processes; 2.2 Martin F. Quigley: Potemkin Gardens: Biodiversity in Small Designed Landscapes; 2.3 Jeremy Lundholm: Vegetation of Urban Hard Surfaces; 2.4 Christopher P. Dunn and Liam Heneghan: Composition and Diversity of Urban Vegetation; 2.5 Clark E. Adams and Kieran J. Lindsey: Anthropogenic Ecosystems: The Influence of People on Urban Wildlife Populations; Glenn R. Guntenspergen: Summary of Section 2; Section 3 - Ecology in Cities: Processes Affecting Urban Biodiversity; Nancy E. MacIntyre: Introduction to Section 3; 3.1 Barbara Clucas and John M. Marzluff: Coupled Relationships between Humans and other Organisms in Urban Areas; 3.2 S.S. Cilliers & S.J. Siebert: Urban Flora and Vegetation: Patterns and Processes; 3.3 Johan Kotze, Stephen Venn, Jari Niemela, and John Spence: Effects of Urbanisation on the Ecology and Evolution of Arthropods; 3.4 Bruce W. Grant, George Middendorf, Michael J. Colgan, Haseeb Ahmad, and Michael B. Vogel: Effects of Urbanisation on the Ecology and Evolution of Reptiles and Amphibians; 3.5 Christopher M. Swan, Steward T. A. Pickett, Katalin Szlavecz, Paige Warren, and K. Tara Willey: Biodiversity and Community Composition in Urban Ecosystems: Coupled Human, Spatial, and Metacommunity Processes; Nancy E. MacIntyre: Summary of Section 3; Section 4 - Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services, and Social Systems in Urban Landscapes; Thomas Elmqvist: Introduction to Section 4; 4.1 Robert McDonald and Peter Marcotullio: Global Effects of Urbanization on Ecosystem Services; 4.2 Charles L. Redman: Social-Ecological Transformations in Urban Landscapes - A Historical Perspective; 4.3 Christine Alfsen, Ashley Duval, and Thomas Elmqvist: The Urban Landscape as a Social - Ecological System for Governance of Ecosystem Services; 4.4 Peter Bridgewater: Water Services in Urban Landscapes; 4.5 Johan Colding: The Role of Ecosystem Services in Contemporary Urban Planning; Thomas Elmqvist: Summary of Section 4; Section 5 - Urban Design, Planning, and Management: Lessons from Ecology; Philip James: Introduction to Section 5; 5.1 Ian Douglas and Joe Ravetz: Urban Ecology - the Bigger Picture; 5.2 Konstantinos Tzoulas and Kim Greening: Urban Ecology and Human Health; 5.3 Stephan Pauleit, Li Liu, Jack Ahern, and Aleksandra Kazmierczak: Multifunctional Green Infrastructure Planning to Promote Ecological Services in the City; 5.4 Jon Sadler, Adam Bates, Rossa Donovan, and Stefan Bodnar: Building for Biodiversity: Accommodating People and Wildlife in Cities; 5.5 Wayne C. Zipperer, Wayde F. Morse, and Cassandra Johnson Gaither: Linking Social and Ecological Systems; 5.6 John Box: Building Urban Biodiversity through Financial Incentives, Regulation, and Targets; Philip James: Summary of Section 5; Jari Niemela: Overall summary; References; Index

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