Sustainability and resilience for transformation in the urban century

T Elmqvist, E Andersson, N Frantzeskaki… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
We have entered the urban century and addressing a broad suite of sustainability
challenges in urban areas is increasingly key for our chances to transform the entire planet …

Research gaps in knowledge of the impact of urban growth on biodiversity

RI McDonald, AV Mansur, F Ascensão, M Colbert… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract By 2030, an additional 1.2 billion people are forecast in urban areas globally. We
review the scientific literature (n= 922 studies) to assess direct and indirect impacts of urban …

Building eco-surplus culture among urban residents as a novel strategy to improve finance for conservation in protected areas

MH Nguyen, TE Jones - Humanities and Social Sciences …, 2022 - nature.com
The rapidly declining biosphere integrity, representing one of the core planetary boundaries,
is alarming. In particular, the global numbers of mammals, birds, fishes, and plants declined …

Biodiversity impacts and conservation implications of urban land expansion projected to 2050

RD Simkin, KC Seto, RI McDonald… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
As the global urban population is poised to grow by 2.5 billion over the next 30 y, urban land
conversions are expected to be an increasingly prominent driver of habitat and biodiversity …

Kingfisher: Contemplating the connection between nature and humans through science, art, literature, and lived experiences

QH Vuong, MH Nguyen - Pacific Conservation Biology, 2023 - CSIRO Publishing
Due to rapid urbanisation, the separation between humans and nature is a critical issue that
leads to the eco-deficit culture and hinders efforts to alleviate climate change and …

[HTML][HTML] Urban agriculture—A necessary pathway towards urban resilience and global sustainability?

J Langemeyer, C Madrid-Lopez, AM Beltran… - Landscape and Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Covid-19 pandemic newly brings food resilience in cities to our attention and the need
to question the desired degree of food self-sufficiency through urban agriculture. While these …

Post-2020 biodiversity targets need to embrace climate change

A Arneth, YJ Shin, P Leadley… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Recent assessment reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and
the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services …

Social-ecological and technological factors moderate the value of urban nature

BL Keeler, P Hamel, T McPhearson, MH Hamann… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Urban nature has the potential to improve air and water quality, mitigate flooding, enhance
physical and mental health, and promote social and cultural well-being. However, the value …

Obesity and the food system transformation in Latin America

BM Popkin, T Reardon - Obesity Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region faces a major diet‐related
health problem accompanied by enormous economic and social costs. The shifts in diet are …

The dynamics effect of green technology innovation on economic growth and CO2 emission in Singapore: new evidence from bootstrap ARDL approach

T Meirun, LWW Mihardjo, M Haseeb, SAR Khan… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
For an economy to excel in growth, there is usually a trade-off between financial
development and environment deterioration. For a country like Singapore, which has shown …