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Urban Biodiversity and Design
By: Norbert Muller , P. WernereBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
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With the continual growth of the world's urban population, biodiversity in towns and cities will play a critical role in global biodiversity. This is the first book to provide an overview of international developments in urban biodiversity and sustainable design. It brings together the views, experiences and expertise of leading scientists and designers from the industrialised and pre-industrialised countries from around the world. The contributors explore the biological, cultural and social values of urban biodiversity, including methods for assessing and evaluating urban biodiversity, social and educational issues, and practical measures for restoring and maintaining biodiversity in urban areas. Contributions come from presenters at an international scientific conference held in Erfurt, Germany 2008 during the 9th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biodiversity. This is also Part of our Conservation Science and Practice book series (with Zoological Society of London).
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| Title of eBook: Urban Biodiversity and Design | |
| Release Date: 03-05-2010 | |
| Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell |
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Urban Biodiversity and Design
Chapter One
Urban Biodiversity and the Case for Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity in Towns and CitiesNorbert Muller and Peter Werner
Department Landscape Management & Restoration Ecology, University of Applied Sciences Erfurt, Landscape Architecture, Erfurt, Germany Institute for Housing and Environment, Darmstadt, Germany
Summary
Climate change, loss of biodiversity and the growth of an increasingly urban world population are main challenges of this century. With two-thirds of a considerably larger world population predicted to be living in urban areas by 2050, we argue that urban biodiversity, that means the biodiversity within towns and cities, will play an important role by holding the global loss of biodiversity. As a consequence, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) must promote the engagement of cities and local authorities in future.
In the first part of this chapter, the efforts of the CBD towards urban biodiversity are analysed from their foundation in 1992 until now.
In the second part, the current knowledge of urban ecosystems and their biodiversity is summed up and the importance of urban biodiversity for global biodiversity is highlighted.
In the third part, challenges for the future of urban biodiversity are presented. These challenges were addressed to the partners of the CBD during the International Conference 'Urban biodiversity and design implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity in towns and cit
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