Ecosystem services come to town : greening cities by working with nature /

• Main Author: Grant, Gary, 1958-
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
• Subjects: City planning > Environmental aspects.; Sustainable urban development.; ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.; POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.; Electronic books.

The need to find new approaches to the development of cities is becoming increasingly urgent in this age of continuing population growth, demographic transition, climate change, fossil fuel peak and biodiversity losses. Restoring ecosystem services and promoting biodiversity is essential to sustaina...