Urbanization, biodiversity and ecosystem services : challenges and opportunities : a global assessment

Urbanization, biodiversity and ecosystem services : challenges and opportunities a global assessment

To understand how the world’s ecosystems are changing we need to understand cities, and to create better cities we need to understand the ecosystems they depend on. The failure of most markets, government policies and even urban studies to take these relations into account has put cities, and increa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Elmqvist, Thomas (Editor), Elmqvist, Thomas. editor (editor), Fragkias, Michail. editor, Goodness, Julie. editor, Güneralp, Burak. editor, Marcotullio, Peter J. editor, McDonald, Robert I. editor, Parnell, Susan. editor, Schewenius, Maria. editor, Sendstad, Marte. editor, Seto, Karen C. editor, Wilkinson, Cathy. editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Nature 2013
2013.
Edición:First edition, 2013.
Materias:
Urban ecology (Biology)
City planning.
Sustainable development.
System theory.
Environmental law, International.
Urban Ecology
Urbanism
Sustainable Development
Complex Systems
Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary
International Environmental Law
Urban Geography and Urbanism
Environmental Social Sciences
Humanities and Social Sciences
Biodiversity
Challenges
Ecosystem services
Opportunities
Urbanization
Ecological science, the Biosphere
Urban & municipal planning
Sustainability
Applied mathematics
Interdisciplinary studies
Public international law: environment
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Sumario:To understand how the world’s ecosystems are changing we need to understand cities, and to create better cities we need to understand the ecosystems they depend on. The failure of most markets, government policies and even urban studies to take these relations into account has put cities, and increasingly the whole world, in a difficult position. Studies like Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services can help us to extricate ourselves, provided we act on the knowledge they provide. Gordon McGranahan International Institute for Environment and Development The challenges of urbanization are profound, but so too are the opportunities. Cities can reconcile human society and biodiversity by creating environments that are ecologically sustainable, economically productive, socially just, politically participatory and culturally vibrant. I commend this study to all who have a stake in creating ecologically sustainable urbanization for the benefit of humanity and the planet. Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General, United Nations.
Notas:"A part of the Cities and Biodiversity Outlook Project."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxviii, 755 pages) : colour illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)
Also available in print form
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789400770881
9789402400915

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