Urbanization, biodiversity and ecosystem services : challenges and opportunities : a global assessment /
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Imprint: | Dordrecht : Springer, 2013. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (xxviii, 755 pages) : illustrations |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13558830 |
Table of Contents:
- A Global Outlook on Urbanization / Karen C. Seto and Susan Parnell
- History of Urbanization and the Missing Ecology / Thomas Elmqvist and Charles L. Redman
- Urbanization and Global Trends in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services / Robert I. McDonald and Peter J. Marcotullio
- Regional Assessment of Asia / Karen C. Seto
- Sub-regional Assessment of China: Urbanization in Biodiversity Hotspots / Burak Güneralp and Karen C. Seto
- Sub-regional Assessment of India: Effects of Urbanization on Land Use, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services / Harini Nagendra and H.S. Sudhira
- Local Assessment of Bangalore: Graying and Greening in Bangalore
- Impacts of Urbanization on Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity / H.S. Sudhira and Harini Nagendra
- Local Assessment of Tokyo: Satoyama and Satoumi
- Traditional Landscapes and Management Practices in a Contemporary Urban Environment / Ryo Kohsaka, Wanyu Shih and Osamu Saito.
- Local Assessment of Shanghai: Effects of Urbanization on the Diversity of Macrobenthic Invertebrates / Wenliang Liu, Xiaohua Chen and Qiang Wang
- Patterns and Trends in Urban Biodiversity and Landscape Design / Norbert Müller and Maria Ignatieva
- Urban Ecosystem Services / Erik Gómez-Baggethun and Åsa Gren
- Shrinking Cities, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services / Dagmar Haase
- Regional Assessment of Europe / Jakub Kronenberg, Azime Tezer and Dagmar Haase
- Regional Assessment of North America: Urbanization Trends, Biodiversity Patterns, and Ecosystem Services / Timon McPhearson, Roger Auch and Marina Alberti
- Regional Assessment of Oceania / Robert Dyball and Christopher D. Ives
- Local Assessment of İstanbul: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services / Burak Güneralp, Azime Tezer and İlke Albayrak
- Local Assessment of Stockholm: Revisiting the Stockholm Urban Assessment / Johan Colding.
- Local Assessment of Chicago: From Wild Chicago to Chicago Wilderness
- Chicago's Ecological Setting and Recent Efforts to Protect and Restore Nature in the Region / Liam Heneghan and Christopher Mulvaney
- Local Assessment of New York City: Biodiversity, Green Space, and Ecosystem Services / Timon McPhearson, David Maddox and Bram Gunther
- Local Assessment of Melbourne: The Biodiversity and Social-Ecological Dynamics of Melbourne, Australia / Christopher D. Ives and Ruth Beilin
- A Synthesis of Global Urbanization Projections / Michail Fragkias and Burak Güneralp
- Urbanization Forecasts, Effects on Land Use, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services / Burak Güneralp and Robert I. McDonald
- Regional Assessment of Africa / Pippin M.L. Anderson and Chukwumerije Okereke
- Local Assessment of Cape Town: Navigating the Management Complexities of Urbanization, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services in the Cape Floristic Region / Julie Goodness and Pippin M.L. Anderson
- Climate Change and Urban Biodiversity Vulnerability / William Solecki and Peter J. Marcotullio.
- Feeding Cities: Food Security and Ecosystem Support in an Urbanizing World / Lisa Deutsch, Robert Dyball and Will Steffen
- Urban Governance of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services / Cathy Wilkinson and Marte Sendstad
- Regional Assessment of Latin America: Rapid Urban Development and Social Economic Inequity Threaten Biodiversity Hotspots / Aníbal Pauchard and Olga Barbosa
- Local Assessment of Rio de Janeiro City: Two Case Studies of Urbanization Trends and Ecological Impacts / Cecilia P. Herzog and Ricardo Finotti
- Urban Landscapes as Learning Arenas for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Management / Marianne E. Krasny and Cecilia Lundholm
- Restoration Ecology in an Urbanizing World / Steven N. Handel and Osamu Saito
- Indicators for Management of Urban Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: City Biodiversity Index / Ryo Kohsaka and Henrique M. Pereira
- Stewardship of the Biosphere in the Urban Era / Thomas Elmqvist and Michail Fragkias.