Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities
Summary
This is the world's first global assessment of the effects of urbanization on biodiversity and ecosystem services. It presents the latest state-of-the-art of urbanization, and identifies crucial knowledge gaps that need to be bridged. It also develops a new theoretical framework for urban sustainability and resilience. The book's thirty-two chapters include global, regional and local perspectives and can be read together or as stand-alone texts.