Urban Biodiversity: From Research to PracticeAlessandro Ossola, Jari Niemelä Urban biodiversity is an increasingly popular topic among researchers. Worldwide, thousands of research projects are unravelling how urbanisation impacts the biodiversity of cities and towns, as well as its benefits for people and the environment through ecosystem services. Exciting scientific discoveries are made on a daily basis. However, researchers often lack time and opportunity to communicate these findings to the community and those in charge of managing, planning and designing for urban biodiversity. On the other hand, urban practitioners frequently ask researchers for more comprehensible information and actionable tools to guide their actions. This book is designed to fill this cultural and communicative gap by discussing a selection of topics related to urban biodiversity, as well as its benefits for people and the urban environment. It provides an interdisciplinary overview of scientifically grounded knowledge vital for current and future practitioners in charge of urban biodiversity management, its conservation and integration into urban planning. Topics covered include pests and invasive species, rewilding habitats, the contribution of a diverse urban agriculture to food production, implications for human well-being, and how to engage the public with urban conservation strategies. For the first time, world-leading researchers from five continents convene to offer a global interdisciplinary perspective on urban biodiversity narrated with a simple but rigorous language. This book synthesizes research at a level suitable for both students and professionals working in nature conservation and urban planning and management. |
Contents
Urban biodiversity and ecosystem services | |
promoting pest suppressing urban | |
an opportunity for biodiversity and food | |
when vertebrates come to town | |
Management of plant diversity in urban green spaces | |
Managing biodiversity through social values and preferences | |
Biodiversity and psychological wellbeing | |
Governance perspectives on urban biodiversity | |
Urban green infrastructures and ecological networks for urban | |
Designing nature in cities to safeguard meaningful experiences | |
towards a global | |
Integrating urban biodiversity mapping citizen science | |
Index | |
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Urban Biodiversity: From Research to Practice Alessandro Ossola,Jari Niemelä No preview available - 2018 |
Urban Biodiversity: From Research to Practice Alessandro Ossola,Jari Niemelä No preview available - 2018 |