TY - CHAP
T1 - Stewardship of the biosphere in the urban era
AU - Elmqvist, Thomas
AU - Fragkias, Michail
AU - Goodness, Julie
AU - Güneralp, Burak
AU - Marcotullio, Peter J.
AU - McDonald, Robert I.
AU - Parnell, Susan
AU - Schewenius, Maria
AU - Sendstad, Marte
AU - Seto, Karen C.
AU - Wilkinson, Cathy
AU - Alberti, Marina
AU - Folke, Carl
AU - Frantzeskaki, Niki
AU - Haase, Dagmar
AU - Katti, Madhusudan
AU - Nagendra, Harini
AU - Niemelä, Jari
AU - Pickett, Steward T.A.
AU - Redman, Charles L.
AU - Tidball, Keith
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2013, Springer Netherlands. All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - We are entering a new urban era in which the ecology of the planet as a whole is increasingly infl uenced by human activities (Turner et al. 1990 Ellis 2011; Steffen et al. 2011a, b; Folke et al. 2011). Cities have become a central nexus of the relationship between people and nature, both as crucial centres of demand of ecosystem services, and as sources of environmental impacts. Approximately 60 % of the urban land present in 2030 is forecast to be built in the period 2000–2030 (Chap. 21). Urbanization therefore presents challenges but also opportunities. In the next two to three decades, we have unprecedented chances to vastly improve global sustainability through designing systems for increased resource effi ciency, as well as through exploring how cities can be responsible stewards of biodiversity and ecosystem services, both within and beyond city boundaries.
AB - We are entering a new urban era in which the ecology of the planet as a whole is increasingly infl uenced by human activities (Turner et al. 1990 Ellis 2011; Steffen et al. 2011a, b; Folke et al. 2011). Cities have become a central nexus of the relationship between people and nature, both as crucial centres of demand of ecosystem services, and as sources of environmental impacts. Approximately 60 % of the urban land present in 2030 is forecast to be built in the period 2000–2030 (Chap. 21). Urbanization therefore presents challenges but also opportunities. In the next two to three decades, we have unprecedented chances to vastly improve global sustainability through designing systems for increased resource effi ciency, as well as through exploring how cities can be responsible stewards of biodiversity and ecosystem services, both within and beyond city boundaries.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1_33
DO - 10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1_33
M3 - Chapter (Book)
AN - SCOPUS:84903208430
SN - 9789400770874
SP - 719
EP - 746
BT - Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
PB - Springer
ER -