Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: A Global Assessment (2013)

By: Thomas Elmqvist, Michail Fragkias, Julie Goodness, Burak Güneralp, Peter J. Marcotullio, Robert I. McDonald, Susan Parnell, Maria Schewenius, Marte Sendstad, Karen C. Seto and Cathy Wilkinson

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Synopsis: 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 biodiversityUrban 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 elsewhereFuture 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

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9789400770881
Related ISBNs:: 9789400770874
Publisher:: Springer Netherlands
Date of Addition:: 07/25/22
Copyrighted By:: The Editors and the Authors
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Art and Architecture, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Mathematics and Statistics, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Thomas Elmqvist
Edited by:: Michail Fragkias
Edited by:: Julie Goodness
Edited by:: Burak Güneralp
Edited by:: Peter J. Marcotullio
Edited by:: Robert I. McDonald
Edited by:: Susan Parnell
Edited by:: Maria Schewenius
Edited by:: Marte Sendstad
Edited by:: Karen C. Seto
Edited by:: Cathy Wilkinson