Urbanisation leads to natural habitats being fragmented with various effects according to the
species and their ecological characteristics. Paradoxically, the urbanisation process creates …

Urban greenspaces harbor considerable biodiversity. Such areas include spontaneously
vegetated spaces such as such as brownfields, street or railway verges and vacant lots …

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 …

The urban landscape is known to form a hostile matrix for wild plant communities because of
its sealed infrastructure surfaces. However, green roofs can reduce this hostility by providing …

Urban green spaces have been widely recognized for their ecosystem services (ES)
provisioning, but their resources are insufficient. Informal green spaces (IGS), the neglected …

As the pace of urbanization accelerates, the conservation of urban biodiversity emerges as a
rising concern. Urban ecological research has revealed that some green areas in cities can …

Names: Douglas, Ian, 1936–editor.| Routledge (Firm) Title: The Routledge handbook of
urban ecology/edited by Ian Douglas, Pippin Anderson, David Goode, Michael C. Houck …

For several decades, ecological studies have suggested that urbanized environments can
be viewed as biodiversity refuges, thus broadening conservation concerns from pristine to …

Whereas cities continue to grow at the expense of agricultural and natural areas, the interest
for urban agriculture (UA) is on the rise. Its popularity comes from its ability to address issues …

The large number of green space lawns in cities means that they shelter a high proportion of
wild urban species, but the roles of landscape and management on the level of biodiversity …