We bring spatial biodiversity planning tools into urban planning. Our aim is to develop methods that would allow urban planners and managers better incorporate biodiversity to their spatial plans.
Climate change and other human-driven (anthropogenic) environmental changes will continue to cause biodiversity loss ... Species play essential roles in ecosystems, so local and global species ...
Biodiversity sensitive urban design requires developers, architects ... For example, a site might currently be devoid of trees (present) but might have supported an endangered ecosystem in recent ...
Concordia is dedicated to enhancing the biodiversity and urban agriculture on its campuses through innovative projects and educational initiatives that promote a thriving ecosystem. More than simply a ...
Services provided by soils are vital for the well being of humans. The biodiversity-ecosystem services relationship is a hot topic in science but to what extent is it evident in soils? Aa Aa Aa ...
Ecosystems close ecosystemThe living organisms in a particular area, together with the non-living components of the environment. with higher biodiversity have fewer species that depend on just one ...
The increasing demand for land due to urbanisation often takes place at the expense of urban green areas. These threatened greenspaces, including their soils, likely have reduced capacities to provide ...
This era of unprecedented urban growth has changed ecosystem structure, function, and biodiversity, and consequently the ecosystem services - or natural benefits - that our health and wellbeing depend ...
As cities expand, green spaces are increasingly designed to support biodiversity and ecosystem services. Sown wildflower meadows have gained attention as an urban greening strategy, but their ...