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Research news | 2019-08-21
Making sure ecosystem services are distributed equally in cities
Access to green spaces in cities is a class issue. How can ecosystem services be distributed more equally?
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Research news | 2019-03-28
A strong sense of place affects how communities cares for urban green spaces
A sense of place can be a powerful tool when it comes to environmental stewardship. A case study in Bangalore, India explores how local lake groups have helped to restore and protect urban lakes
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Research news | 2019-02-01
New satellite technique can detect urban heat islands easier
Removal of vegetation and trees in cities can create areas with exceptionally high temperatures. Better use of satellite imagery can detect such areas quicker
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Research news | 2019-01-30
New study calls for better understanding where and when nature delivers benefits in cities
When it comes to efforts to improve health and well-being of city-dwellers, same approach can have varying effects in different areas and with different groups of people
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Research news | 2018-03-14
A hard rain’s gonna fall
Amid an increase in megacities, changes in ecosystems far away can affect local access to freshwater
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Research news | 2017-10-30
Stewards of the concrete jungle
The benefits and challenges of making our cities sustainable
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Research news | 2017-05-10
The consequences of urban sprawl in Chennai
Rapid urban expansion leaves Indian megacity Chennai without essential ecosystem services
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Research news | 2017-04-11
The importance of peri-urban landscapes for dense cities
Why peri-urban areas should be seen as much more than just spaces between cities and their outskirts
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Research news | 2016-12-26
How increasing urbanisation affects the planet's croplands
Urban expansion will result in a 1.8-2.4% loss of global croplands by 2030, says paper in PNAS
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Research news | 2016-11-01
Current urban planning detaches inhabitants from ’real’ nature
Why future urban design must include cognitive and emotional experiences from inhabitants, not just focus on functionality
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Research news | 2016-08-30
Improving the science of cities
How urban ecology can go from being a plot-based research activity to a global cross-comparative research programme
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Research news | 2016-07-05
Green insurance
Green infrastructure can reduce environmental vulnerability of cities
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Research news | 2016-06-28
What drives infectious diseas threat events in Europe?
New study examines where global infectious disease threat events come from
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Research news | 2016-06-21
Cities are complex – deal with it!
Centre research featured in special issue on urban sustainability and resilience
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Research news | 2016-05-10
Both ecological and social memory are threatened by urbanization
How history is present in the management of urban biodiversity and cultural landscapes
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Research news | 2015-09-18
Relations between ecosystem services and income and gender
Use of ecosystem services more determined by income, gender and land tenure than physical access
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Research news | 2015-08-25
After Katrina, vegetation development reveal social differences in New Orleans
Changes in vegetation reveal deeper social differences in New Orleans
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Research news | 2014-12-12
Joining together for the urban future of Mälardalen in Sweden
A full day conference gathered a diverse group of actors to do a joint inventory of knowledge and identify future challenges
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Research news | 2014-12-04
An urban-focused research network
Centre hosts Sweden's first gathering of researchers as step in creating a network for urban, natural capital, and sustainability issues
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Research news | 2014-10-31
A new hub for urban research
Centre co-heads feasibility study to establish a new hub for urban social-ecological research in Stockholm
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Research news | 2014-10-31
The Cities and Biodiversity Outlook celebrates its first anniversary
In one year the book has been downloaded more than 145.000 times in more than 100 countries
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Research news | 2014-09-05
Citizen networks in the Garden City
Citizen networks important for ensuring successful management of urban ecosystems in growing cities
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Research news | 2014-07-23
The case of nature in cities
Special issue of Current Conservation on why it's time to start thinking of cities as more than grey patches of asphalt and concrete
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Research news | 2014-06-17
Stewardship of urban ecosystem services in Stockholm
New paper summarises 15 years of centre research in the Stockholm urban region
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Research news | 2014-02-21
Benefits of investing in ecosystem restoration
300 international case studies prove investing in ecosystem restoration pays off
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Research news | 2013-12-19
Urban food security and self-provisioning
Changing diets and growing urban areas lead to greater reliance on risky food imports
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Research news | 2013-12-17
The future of urban design
Watch video presentations from recent hackathon on sustainability and urban design
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Research news | 2013-11-28
Kaikondarahalli lake: Protecting urban ecosystems in Bangalore
How civic initiatives help restore degraded lakes in Bangalore
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Research news | 2013-11-04
Applying resilience thinking to urban planning
How resilience thinking can be useful in urban planning
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Research news | 2013-10-04
Rich biodiversity CAN exist in and around cities
How biodiversity conservation can greatly improve sustainable development
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Research news | 2013-10-04
An urbanizing planet
Hollywood actor Edward Norton fronts stunning new video on urbanization and biodiversity
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Research news | 2013-07-22
Connecting ecosystem services to Swedish cities
Report in Swedish first to explain benefits of ecosystem services in urban development
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Research news | 2013-05-22
Ecosystem services in strategic spatial plans for Melbourne and Stockholm
Ecosystem services have historically appeared and disappeared in strategic spatial plans for Melbourne and Stockholm
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