Food production depends upon the adequate provision of underpinning ecosystem services,
such as pollination. Paradoxically, conventional farming practices are undermining these …

Although a number of comprehensive reviews have examined global ecosystem services
(ES), few have focused on studies that assess urban ecosystem services (UES). Given that …

Resilience thinking in relation to the environment has emerged as a lens of inquiry that
serves a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration. Resilience is about …

Urban green infrastructure planning aims to develop green space networks on limited space
in compact cities. Multifunctionality is considered key to achieving this goal as it supports …

Within-city green infrastructure can offer opportunities and new contexts for people to
become stewards of ecosystem services. We analyze cities as social–ecological systems …

How does nature work in our human-created city, suburb, and exurb/peri-urb? Indeed how is
ecology-including its urban water, soil, air, plant, and animal foundations-spatially entwined …

We explore the potential of urban ecosystem services for improving resilience and quality of
life in cities. First, we classify and categorize important ecosystem services and disservices …

Ecology Letters (2009) 12: 1394–1404 Abstract Ecosystem management that attempts to
maximize the production of one ecosystem service often results in substantial declines in the …

While cultural diversity is increasing in cities at a global level as a result of urbanization,
biodiversity is decreasing with a subsequent loss of ecosystem services. It is clear that …

As urbanisation increases globally and the natural environment becomes increasingly
fragmented, the importance of urban green spaces for biodiversity conservation grows. In …