Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities : A Global Assessment /
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Formato: | eBook |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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Edición: | 1st ed. 2013. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. A global outlook on urbanization
- 2. History of urbanization and the missing ecology
- 3. Urbanization and global trends in biodiversity and ecosystem services
- 4. Regional assessment of Asia.- 5. Sub-regional assessment of China: Urbanization in biodiversity hotspots
- 6. Sub-regional assessment of India
- 7. Local assessment of Bangalore.- 8. Local assessment of Tokyo
- 9. Local assessment of Shanghai
- 10. Patterns and trends in urban biodiversity and landscape design
- 11. Urban ecosystem services.- 12. Shrinking cities, biodiversity and ecosystem services
- 13. Regional assessments of Europe
- 14. Regional assessment of North America
- 15. Regional assessment of Oceania
- 16. Local assessment of Istanbul: Biodiversity and ecosystem services
- 17. Local assessment of Stockholm
- 18. Local assessment of Chicago
- 19. Local assessment of New York City.-20. Local assessment of Melbourne
- 21. A synthesis of global urbanization projections
- 22. Urbanization forecasts, effects on land use, biodiversity, and ecosystem services
- 23. Regional assessment of Africa
- 24. Local assessment of Cape Town.- 25. Climate change and urban biodiversity vulnerability
- 26. Feeding cities
- 27. Urban governance of biodiversity and ecosystem services
- 28. Regional assessment of Latin America
- 29. Local assessment of Rio de Janeiro.- 30. Urban landscapes as learning arenas for biodiversity and ecosystem services management
- 31. Restoration ecology in an urbanizing world
- 32. Indicators for management of urban biodiversity and ecosystem services
- 33. Stewardship of the Biosphere in the Urban Era.