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oapen-20.500.12657-500632023-02-03T13:30:29Z Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities Elmqvist, Thomas Fragkias, Michail Goodness, Julie Güneralp, Burak Marcotullio, Peter J. McDonald, Robert I. Parnell, Susan Schewenius, Maria Sendstad, Marte Seto, Karen C. Wilkinson, Cathy 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 bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAF Ecological science, the Biosphere bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RP Regional & area planning::RPC Urban & municipal planning bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PB Mathematics::PBW Applied mathematics bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LB International law::LBB Public international law::LBBP International environmental law 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 global. The book is a global assessment and delivers four main conclusions: Urban areas are expanding faster than urban populations. Half the increase in urban land across the world over the next 20 years will occur in Asia, with the most extensive change expected to take place in India and China Urban areas modify their local and regional climate through the urban heat island effect and by altering precipitation patterns, which together will have significant impacts on net primary production, ecosystem health, and biodiversity Urban expansion will heavily draw on natural resources, including water, on a global scale, and will often consume prime agricultural land, with knock-on effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services elsewhere Future urban expansion will often occur in areas where the capacity for formal governance is restricted, which will constrain the protection of biodiversity and management of ecosystem services 2021-07-14T09:59:13Z 2021-07-14T09:59:13Z 2013 book ONIX_20210714_9789400770881_35 9789400770874 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50063 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International 978-94-007-7088-1.pdf https://www.springer.com/9789400770881 Springer Nature Springer Netherlands 10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1 10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 3983007a-5726-4f1e-b9df-3fbc771f2916 7e3c5802-4d9a-474b-aecf-7c19d4c65d07 d324e3d4-c7fb-4f28-b848-cad824fa5101 9789400770874 Springer Netherlands 755 [grantnumber unknown] [grantnumber unknown] [grantnumber unknown] European Commission European Union open access
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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 global. The book is a global assessment and delivers four main conclusions: Urban areas are expanding faster than urban populations. Half the increase in urban land across the world over the next 20 years will occur in Asia, with the most extensive change expected to take place in India and China Urban areas modify their local and regional climate through the urban heat island effect and by altering precipitation patterns, which together will have significant impacts on net primary production, ecosystem health, and biodiversity Urban expansion will heavily draw on natural resources, including water, on a global scale, and will often consume prime agricultural land, with knock-on effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services elsewhere Future urban expansion will often occur in areas where the capacity for formal governance is restricted, which will constrain the protection of biodiversity and management of ecosystem services
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