Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities: A Global Assessment (Hardcover, 2013)

Foreword Pavan Sukhdev Preface List of Contributors List of Reviewers 1. A global outlook on urbanization Karen C. Seto, Susan Parnell, and Thomas Elmqvist 2. History of urbanization and the missing ecology Thomas Elmqvist, Charles L. Redman, Stephan Barthel, and Robert Costanza 3. Urbanization and global trends in biodiversity and ecosystem services Robert I. McDonald, Peter J. Marcotullio, and Burak Guneralp 4. Regional assessment of Asia Karen C. Seto 5. Sub-regional assessment of China: Urbanization in biodiversity hotspots Burak Guneralp and Karen C. Seto 6. Sub-regional assessment of India: Effects of urbanization effects on land use, biodiversity and ecosystems Harini Nagendra, H.S. Sudhira, Madhusudan Katti, and Maria Schewenius 7. Local assessment of Bangalore: Graying and Greening in Bangalore - Impacts of Urbanization on Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity H.S. Sudhira and Harini Nagendra 8. Local assessment of Tokyo: Satoyama and Satoumi: Traditional landscapes and management practices in a contemporary urban environment Ryo Kohsaka, Wanyu Shih, Osamu Saito, and Satoru Sadohara 9. Local assessment of Shanghai: Effects of urbanization on the diversity of macrobenthic invertebrates in Shanghai, China Wenliang Liu, Xiaohua Chen, and Qiang Wang 10. Patterns and trends in urban biodiversity and landscape design Norbert M uller, Maria Ignatieva, Charles H. Nilon, Peter Werner, and Wayne C. Zipperer 11. Urban ecosystem services Erik Gomez-Baggethun, Asa Gren, David N. Barton, Johannes Langemeyer, Timon McPhearson, Patrick O'Farrell, Erik Andersson, Zoe Hamstead, and Peleg Kremer 12. Shrinking cities, biodiversity and ecosystem services Dagmar Haase 13. Regional assessment of Europe Jakub Kronenberg, Azime Tezer, Dagmar Haase, and Johan Colding 14. Regional assessment of North America - Urbanization trends, biodiversity patterns, and ecosystem services Timon McPhearson, Roger Auch, and Marina Alberti 15. Regional assessment of Oceania Robert Dyball, Christopher D. Ives, and Ian White 16. Local assessment of Istanbul: Biodiversity and ecosystem services Burak Guneralp, Azime Tezer, and Ilke Albayrak 17. Local assessment of Stockholm: Revisiting the Stockholm Urban Assessment Johan Colding 18. Local assessment: From wild Chicago to Chicago Wilderness - Chicago's ecological setting and recent efforts to protect and restore nature in the region Liam Heneghan, Christopher Mulvaney, Kristen Ross, Susan Stewart, Lauren Umek, Cristy Watkins, Alaka Wali, Lynne M. Westphal, and David H. Wise 19. Local assessment of New York City: Biodiversity, Green Space, and Ecosystem Services Timon McPhearson, David Maddox, Bram Gunther, and David Bragdon 20. Local assessment of Melbourne - The Biodiversity and Social-Ecological Dynamics of Melbourne, Australia Christopher D. Ives, Ruth Beilin, Ascelin Gordon, Dave Kendal, Amy K. Hahs, and Mark J. McDonnell 21. A synthesis of global urbanization projections Michail Fragkias, Burak G uneralp, Karen Seto, and Julie Goodness 22. Urbanization forecasts, effects on land use, biodiversity, and ecosystem services Burak G uneralp, Robert I. McDonald, Michail Fragkias, Julie Goodness, Peter J. Marcotullio, and Karen C. Seto 23. Regional assessment of Africa Pippin Anderson, Chukwumerije Okereke, Andrew Rudd, and Susan Parnell 24, 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 Region Julie Goodness and Pippin M.L. Anderson 25. Climate change and urban biodiversity vulnerability William Solecki and Peter J. Marcotullio 26. Feeding cities: food security and ecosystem support in an urbanizing world Lisa Deutsch, Rob Dyball, and Will Steffen 27. Urban governance of biodiversity and ecosystem services Cathy Wilkinson, Marte Sendstad, Sus