Urbanization, biodiversity and ecosystem services: challenges and opportunities : a global assessment ; a part of the cities and biodiversity outlook project

• Other Authors: Elmqvist, Thomas, 1955- (Editor), Fragkias, Michail, 1976- (Editor), Goodness, Julie, 1985- (Editor), Güneralp, Burak (Editor), Marcotullio, Peter, 1957- (Editor), McDonald, Robert Ian, 1978- (Editor), Parnell, Sue, 1960- (Editor), Schewenius, Maria, 1982- (Editor), Sendstad, Marte (Editor), Seto, Karen Ching-Yee (Editor), Wilkinson, Cathy, 1973- (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht ; Heidelberg ; New York ; London : Springer, [2013]
• Series: Springer open
• Subjects: urbanizace; životní prostředí měst; biodiverzita; ekosystémové služby; udržitelný rozvoj; urbanization; urban ecology; biodiversity; ecosystem services; sustainable development; sborníky; papers of several authors
• ISBN: 978-94-007-7087-4; 978-94-007-7088-1
• Physical Description: xxviii, 755 stran : ilustrace ; 24 cm

Urbanization is a global phenomenon and the book emphasizes that this is not just a social-technological process. It is also a social-ecological process where cities are places for nature, and where cities also are dependent on, and have impacts on, the biosphere at different scales from local to gl...