Urbanization is a global phenomenon that is increasingly challenging human society. It is
therefore crucially important to ensure that the relentless expansion of cities and towns …

In the United States, citizens, policy makers, and natural resource managers alike have
become concerned about urban sprawl, both locally and nationally. Most assessments of …

The south Indian city of Bangalore provides a challenging yet representative context within
which to examine issues of governance of urban social-ecological commons. The city was …

Housing growth and its environmental effects pose major conservation challenges. We
sought to (1) quantify spatial and temporal patterns of housing growth across the US …

Global land cover is an essential climate variable and a key biophysical driver for earth
system models. While remote sensing technology, particularly satellites, have played a key …

Understanding the impacts of climate change on people and the environment requires an
understanding of the dynamics of both climate and land use/land cover changes. A range of …

As cities and towns increase in population and size around the world, there is a growing
interest in the impact of urbanisation on humans and the environment. The use of urban …

In this era of rapidly urbanising human populations, urban practitioners are under increasing
pressure to create resilient and sustainable cities and towns. Urban ecologists currently …

Landscape researchers and practitioners, using the lens of sustainability science, are
breaking new ground about how people's behaviors and actions influence the structure …

We propose a framework of key concepts useful in understanding how urban soils can
contribute to general ecological theory. The major factors that can cause urban soils to be …