Landscape and Urban Planning

Co-Editors-in-Chief Wei-Ning Xiang Shanghai Key Lab for Urban Ecology and Sustainability (SHUES), College of Resources and Environment, 3663 Zhongshan Road North, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China, Paul Gobster Northern Research Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, 1033 University Place, Suite 360, Evanston, IL 60201-3172, USA, Fax: 001 847 866 9506, Journal Manager Tracy Tufaga Editorial-Production Journals, 525 B Street, Suite 1800, San Diego, CA 92101, Associate Editor: S. Dragicevic Dept. of Geography, Simon Fraser University, RCB Hall 6231, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, Canada, M. McDonnell Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology, University of Melbourne, C/o School of Botany, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia, B. Blackwell National Wildlife Research Center, Ohio Field Station, 6100 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, OH 44870, USA, Editorial Advisory Board J.F. Ahern Dept. of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts, 109 Hills North, Amherst, MA 01003-4010, USA, M. Antrop Dept. of Geography, Universiteit Gent, Krijgslaan 281 S8, B-9000 Gent, Belgium, I.D. Bishop Dept. of Geomatics, School of Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia, R.D Brown School of Landscape Architecture, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd E, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada, S. Calvo-Iglesias Dept. of Marine Geosciences & Land Use Planning, Universidad de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, G. Carsjens Wageningen University, Postbus 9101, 6700 HB Wageningen, Netherlands, G. Domon Fac. de l'aménagement, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, HC3 3J7, Canada, J.G. Fabos Dept. of Landscape Architecture and Regional, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Hills North, Amherst, MA 1003, USA, R. Freestone Planning and Urban Development Program, University of New South Wales, Faculty of the Built Environment, Syndey, NSW 2052, Australia, B. Fu Bureau of Resources and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 52 Sanlihe Road, 100864 Beijing, China, X. Gao Inst. of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Dept. of Urban and Rural Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 11A, Datun, Chaoyang District, 100101 Beijing, China, W. Gould International Institute of Tropical Forestry, 1201 Calle Ceiba, San Juan, PR 00926-1119, USA, R Hammer Dept. of Sociology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 97331, USA, H.S He School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri, 203m Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Building, Columbia, DC 65211-7270, USA, L.D Hopkins Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Buell Hall Room 111, 611 Taft Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, USA, P. Jacobs Fac. de l'Amenagement, École d'Architecture Paysage, Avenue Darlington 2j3 5620 H3s - rue de Montréal, Québec, Canada, C.Y. Jim Dept. of Geography, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China, J. Jokimaki Nature Inventory and EIA-services, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, PO Box 122, FI-96101 Rovaniemi, Finland, J.D. Kartez Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Wishcamper Center, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME 04104-9300, USA, J.B Kirkpatrick School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 78, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia, T. Kondo Fac. of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, N9, W-9, Kita-ku, 060-8589 Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, E. Lange Dept. of Landscape, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK, X Li School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University, 135 West Xingang Road, 510275 Guangzhou, China, U. Mander Inst. of Geography, University of Tartu, 46 Vanemuise St., 51014 Tartu, Estonia, L.R Musacchio Dept. of Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota, 89 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA, J.I Nassauer School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 440 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041, USA, C.N Ng Dept. of Geography, Chair of Geography, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, K. Oh Dept. of Urban Planning, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, 133-791 Seoul, South Korea, A. Otte Inst. of Landscape Ecology & Resources Management, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany, H. Ozguner Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey, J.F. Palmer Scenic Quality Consultants, Burlington, USA, R.G Ribe Inst. of Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 130 Hendricks Hall, Eugene, OR 97403-5247, USA, J.E Rodiek&