Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities

<p>Foreword<br>Pavan Sukhdev<br>Preface<br>List of Contributors<br>List of Reviewers</p><p>1. A global outlook on urbanization<br>Karen C. Seto, Susan Parnell, and Thomas Elmqvist</p><p></p><p>2. History of urbanization and the missing ecology<br>Thomas Elmqvist, Charles L. Redman, Stephan Barthel, and Robert Costanza</p><p></p><p>3. Urbanization and global trends in biodiversity and ecosystem services<br>Robert I. McDonald, Peter J. Marcotullio, and Burak Güneralp</p><p>4. Regional assessment of Asia<br>Karen C. Seto</p><p>5. Sub-regional assessment of China: Urbanization in biodiversity hotspots<br>Burak Güneralp and Karen C. Seto</p><p>6. Sub-regional assessment of India: Effects of urbanization effects on land use, biodiversity and ecosystems<br>Harini Nagendra, H.S. Sudhira, Madhusudan Katti, and Maria Schewenius</p><p>7. Local assessment of Bangalore: Graying and Greening in Bangalore - Impacts of Urbanization on Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity<br>H.S. Sudhira and Harini Nagendra</p><p>8. Local assessment of Tokyo: Satoyama and Satoumi: Traditional landscapes and management practices in a contemporary urban environment<br>Ryo Kohsaka, Wanyu Shih, Osamu Saito, and Satoru Sadohara</p><p>9. Local assessment of Shanghai: Effects of urbanization on the diversity of macrobenthic invertebrates in Shanghai, China<br>Wenliang Liu, Xiaohua Chen, and Qiang Wang</p><p>10. Patterns and trends in urban biodiversity and landscape design<br>Norbert Müller, Maria Ignatieva, Charles H. Nilon, Peter Werner, and Wayne C. Zipperer</p><p>11. Urban ecosystem services<br>Erik Gómez-Baggethun, Åsa Gren, David N. Barton, Johannes Langemeyer, Timon McPhearson, Patrick O’Farrell, Erik Andersson, Zoé Hamstead, and Peleg Kremer</p><p><p>12. Shrinking cities, biodiversity and ecosystem services<br>Dagmar Haase</p><p>13. Regional assessment of Europe<br>Jakub Kronenberg, Azime Tezer, Dagmar Haase, and Johan Colding</p><p>14. Regional assessment of North America - Urbanization trends, biodiversity patterns, and ecosystem services<br>Timon McPhearson, Roger Auch, and Marina Alberti</p><p>15. Regional assessment of Oceania<br>Robert Dyball, Christopher D. Ives, and Ian White</p><p>16. Local assessment of Istanbul: Biodiversity and ecosystem services<br>Burak Güneralp, Azime Tezer, and Ilke Albayrak</p><p>17. Local assessment of Stockholm: Revisiting the Stockholm Urban Assessment<br>Johan Colding</p><p>18. Local assessment: From wild Chicago to Chicago Wilderness - Chicago’s ecological setting and recent efforts to protect and restore nature in the region<br>Liam Heneghan, Christopher Mulvaney, Kristen Ross, Susan Stewart, Lauren Umek, Cristy Watkins, Alaka Wali,  Lynne M. Westphal, and David H. Wise</p><p>19. Local assessment of New York City: Biodiversity, Green Space, and Ecosystem Services<br>Timon McPhearson, David Maddox, Bram Gunther, and David Bragdon</p><p>20. Local assessment of Melbourne - The Biodiversity and Social-Ecological Dynamics of Melbourne, Australia<br>Christopher D. Ives, Ruth Beilin, Ascelin Gordon, Dave Kendal, Amy K. Hahs, and Mark J. McDonnell  </p><p></p><p>21. A synthesis of global urbanization projections<br>Michail Fragkias, Burak Güneralp, Karen Seto, and Julie Goodness</p><p>22. Urbanization forecasts, effects on land use, biodiversity, and ecosystem services<br>Burak Güneralp, Robert I. McDonald, Michail Fragkias, Julie Goodness, Peter J. Marcotullio, and Karen C. Seto</p><p>23. Regional assessment of Africa<br>Pippin Anderson, Chukwumerije Okereke, Andrew Rudd, and Susan Parnell</p><p>24, Local assessment of Cape Town: A ‘Rainbow Nation’s’ social-ecological landscape - Navigating management complexities of urbanization, biodiversity, and ecosystem services in the Cape Floristic Region<br>Julie Goodness and Pippin M.L. Anderson</p><p></p><p>25. Climate change and urban biodiversity vulnerability<br>William Solecki and Peter J. Marcotullio</p><p></p><p>26. Feeding cities: food security and ecosystem support in an urbanizing world<br>Lisa Deutsch, Rob Dyball, and Will Steffen </p><p><p>27. Urban governance of biodiversity and ecosystem services<br>Cathy Wilkinson, Marte Sendstad, Susan Parnell, and Maria Schewenius<br></p><p>28. Regional assessment of Latin America: Rapid urban development and social-economic inequity threaten biodiversity hotspots<br>Aníbal Pauchard, Olga Barbosa, Javiera Maira, Carolina Rojas, Paula Villagra, Ana Faggi, Fabio Márquez, Gloria Aponte, and Ian MacGregor-Fors</p><p>29. Local assessment of Rio de Janeiro City: Two case studies on urbanization trends and ecological impacts<br>Cecilia P. Herzog and Ricardo Finotti</p><p>30. Urban landscapes as learning arenas for  biodiversity and ecosystem services management<br>Marianne E. Krasny Cecilia Lundholm, Soul Shava, Eunju Lee, and Hiromi Kobori</p><p></p><p>31. Restoration ecology in an urbanizing world<br>Steven N. Handel, Osamu Saito, and Kazuhiko Takeuchi </p><p></p><p>32. Indicators for management of urban biodiversity and ecosystem services: City Biodiversity Index<br>Ryo Kohsaka, Henrique M. Pereira, Thomas Elmqvist, Lena Chan, Raquel Moreno-Peñaranda, Yukihiro Morimoto, Takashi Inoue, Mari Iwata, Maiko Nishi, Maria da Luz Mathias, Carlos Souto Cruz, Mariana Cabral, Minna Brunfeldt, Anni Parkkinen, Jari Niemelä, Yashada Kulkarni-Kawli, and Grant Pearsall</p><p> 33. Stewardship of the Biosphere in the Urban Era<br>Thomas Elmqvist, Michail Fragkias, Julie Goodness, Burak Güneralp, Peter J. Marcotullio, Robert I. McDonald, Susan Parnell, Maria Schewenius, Marte Sendstad, Karen C. Seto, Cathy Wilkinson, Marina Alberti, Carl Folke, Niki Frantzeskaki, Dagmar Haase, Madhusudan Katti, Harini Nagendra, Jari Niemelä, Steward T.A. Pickett, Charles L. Redman, and Keith Tidball</p><p>Appendix<br>Glossary</p>