Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities (eBook)

ForewordPavan SukhdevPrefaceList of ContributorsList of Reviewers1. A global outlook on urbanizationKaren C. Seto, Susan Parnell, and Thomas Elmqvist2. History of urbanization and the missing ecologyThomas Elmqvist, Charles L. Redman, Stephan Barthel, and Robert Costanza3. Urbanization and global trends in biodiversity and ecosystem servicesRobert I. McDonald, Peter J. Marcotullio, and Burak Güneralp4. Regional assessment of AsiaKaren C. Seto5. Sub-regional assessment of China: Urbanization in biodiversity hotspotsBurak Güneralp and Karen C. Seto6. Sub-regional assessment of India: Effects of urbanization effects on land use, biodiversity and ecosystemsHarini Nagendra, H.S. Sudhira, Madhusudan Katti, and Maria Schewenius7. Local assessment of Bangalore: Graying and Greening in Bangalore - Impacts of Urbanization on Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services and BiodiversityH.S. Sudhira and Harini Nagendra8. Local assessment of Tokyo: Satoyama and Satoumi: Traditional landscapes and management practices in a contemporary urban environmentRyo Kohsaka, Wanyu Shih, Osamu Saito, and Satoru Sadohara9. Local assessment of Shanghai: Effects of urbanization on the diversity of macrobenthic invertebrates in Shanghai, ChinaWenliang Liu, Xiaohua Chen, and Qiang Wang10. Patterns and trends in urban biodiversity and landscape designNorbert Müller, Maria Ignatieva, Charles H. Nilon, Peter Werner, and Wayne C. Zipperer11. Urban ecosystem servicesErik Gómez-Baggethun, Åsa Gren, David N. Barton, Johannes Langemeyer, Timon McPhearson, Patrick O’Farrell, Erik Andersson, Zoé Hamstead, and Peleg Kremer12. Shrinking cities, biodiversity and ecosystem servicesDagmar Haase13. Regional assessment of EuropeJakub Kronenberg, Azime Tezer, Dagmar Haase, and Johan Colding14. Regional assessment of North America - Urbanization trends, biodiversity patterns, and ecosystem servicesTimon McPhearson, Roger Auch, and Marina Alberti15. Regional assessment of OceaniaRobert Dyball, Christopher D. Ives, and Ian White16. Local assessment of Istanbul: Biodiversity and ecosystem servicesBurak Güneralp, Azime Tezer, and Ilke Albayrak17. Local assessment of Stockholm: Revisiting the Stockholm Urban AssessmentJohan Colding18. Local assessment: From wild Chicago to Chicago Wilderness - Chicago’s ecological setting and recent efforts to protect and restore nature in the regionLiam Heneghan, Christopher Mulvaney, Kristen Ross, Susan Stewart, Lauren Umek, Cristy Watkins, Alaka Wali,  Lynne M. Westphal, and David H. Wise19. Local assessment of New York City: Biodiversity, Green Space, and Ecosystem ServicesTimon McPhearson, David Maddox, Bram Gunther, and David Bragdon20. Local assessment of Melbourne - The Biodiversity and Social-Ecological Dynamics of Melbourne, AustraliaChristopher D. Ives, Ruth Beilin, Ascelin Gordon, Dave Kendal, Amy K. Hahs, and Mark J. McDonnell  21. A synthesis of global urbanization projectionsMichail Fragkias, Burak Güneralp, Karen Seto, and Julie Goodness22. Urbanization forecasts, effects on land use, biodiversity, and ecosystem servicesBurak Güneralp, Robert I. McDonald, Michail Fragkias, Julie Goodness, Peter J. Marcotullio, and Karen C. Seto23. Regional assessment of AfricaPippin Anderson, Chukwumerije Okereke, Andrew Rudd, and Susan Parnell24, Local assessment of Cape Town: A ‘Rainbow Nation’s’ social-ecological landscape - Navigating management complexities of urbanization, biodiversity, and ecosystem services in the Cape Floristic RegionJulie Goodness and Pippin M.L. Anderson25. Climate change and urban biodiversity vulnerabilityWilliam Solecki and Peter J. Marcotullio26. Feeding cities: food security and ecosystem support in an urbanizing worldLisa Deutsch, Rob Dyball, and Will Steffen 27. Urban governance of biodiversity and ecosystem servicesCathy Wilkinson, Marte Sendstad, Susan Parnell, and Maria Schewenius28. Regional assessment of Latin America: Rapid urban development and social-economic inequity threaten biodiversity hotspotsAníbal Pauchard, Olga Barbosa, Javiera Maira, Carolina Rojas, Paula Villagra, Ana Faggi, Fabio Márquez, Gloria Aponte, and Ian MacGregor-Fors29. Local assessment of Rio de Janeiro City: Two case studies on urbanization trends and ecological impactsCecilia P. Herzog and Ricardo Finotti30. Urban landscapes as learning arenas for  biodiversity and ecosystem services managementMarianne E. Krasny Cecilia Lundholm, Soul Shava, Eunju Lee, and Hiromi Kobori31. Restoration ecology in an urbanizing worldSteven N. Handel, Osamu Saito, and Kazuhiko Takeuchi 32. Indicators for management of urban biodiversity and ecosystem services: City Biodiversity IndexRyo Kohsaka, Henrique M. Pereira, Thomas Elmqvist, Lena Chan, Raquel Moreno-Peñaranda, Yukihiro Morimoto, Takashi Inoue, Mari Iwata, Maiko Nishi, Maria da Luz Mathias, Carlos Souto Cruz, Mariana Cabral, Minna Brunfeldt, Anni Parkkinen, Jari Niemelä, Yashada Kulkarni-Kawli, and Grant Pearsall 33. Stewardship of the Biosphere in the Urban EraThomas Elmqvist, Michail Fragkias, Julie Goodness, Burak Güneralp, Peter J. Marcotullio, Robert I. McDonald, Susan Parnell, Maria Schewenius, Marte Sendstad, Karen C. Seto, Cathy Wilkinson, Marina Alberti, Carl Folke, Niki Frantzeskaki, Dagmar Haase, Madhusudan Katti, Harini Nagendra, Jari Niemelä, Steward T.A. Pickett, Charles L. Redman, and Keith TidballAppendixGlossary