Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-322) and index.
Introduction: Ecological networks and greenways / Rob H.G. Jongman and Gloria Pungetti -- The context and concept of ecological networks / Rob H.G. Jongman -- Greenways in the USA: theory, trends and prospects / Jack Ahern -- Ecological functioning of ecological networks: a species perspective / Jana Verboom and Rogier Pouwels -- Impacts of roads on ecological networks and integration of conservation and transportation planning: Florida as a case study / Daniel J. Smith -- Ecological corridors on a European scale: a typology and identification of target species / Irene M. Bouwma, Ruud P.B. Foppen, and Alexander J.F.M. van Opstal -- Planning the future landscape between nature and culture / Gloria Pungetti and Benardino Romano -- From models to reality: design and implementation process / Marius Rolck, Guiseppe de Togni, Theo van der Sluis and Rob H.G. Jongman -- Design of the Pan-European ecological network: a national level attempt / Kalle Remm, Mart Kulvik, Ulo Mander, and Kalev Sepp -- Ecological 'black spots' within the ecological network: an improved design for rural road network amelioration / Catharinus F. Jaarsma -- An ecological network fo rthe Milan region based on focal species / Renato Massa, Luciano Bani, Marco Baietto, Luciana Bottoni and Emilio Padoa Schioppa -- Connecting corridors: implementing metropolitan greenway networks in North America / Donna L. Erickson -- The Florida Statewide Greenways Project: its realization and political content / Thomas S. Hoctor, Margaret H. Carrr, Paul D. Zwick and David S. Maehr -- The ecological network development in the Yungas, Argentina: planning, economic and social aspects / Daniel Somma, Maria Bettina Aued and Lia Bachman --The river corridor of the Guadiamar / Antonio Mora and Jose M. Arenas -- Conclusions: Into the Twentieth-First Century / Bob H.G. Jongman and Gloria Pungetti.