Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities A Global Assessment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Elmqvist, Thomas (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)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Science.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Urban ecology (Biology).; System theory.; International environmental law.; Sustainable development.; Life Sciences.; Urban Ecology.; Urbanism.; Sustainable Development.; Complex Systems.; Science, general.; International Environmental Law.

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...