The urban landscape is becoming the environment most familiar to most of humanity, which
has consequences for society, the environment, and biodiversity. Here, we present a …

With increasing urbanization the importance of cities for biodiversity conservation grows.
This paper reviews the ways in which biodiversity is affected by urbanization and discusses …

This chapter stresses the need for a paradigm shift from quantification and analysis of the
hazard to the identification, assessment and ranking of vulnerabilities. It underlines the …

This book explores the connections between two of the most transformative processes of the
twenty-first century, namely climate change and globalization. In this book, Leichenko and …

The task of adapting cities to the impacts of climate change is of great importance—urban
areas are hotspots of high risk given their concentrations of population and infrastructure; …

The world has experienced an increasing impact of disasters in the past decades. Many
regions are exposed to natural hazards, each with unique characteristics. The main causes …

Kompakt und verständlich wird das gesamte Grundlagenwissen der Stadtgeographie
dargestellt. Heinz Heinebergs Standardwerk zur Stadtgeographie in 4. aktualisierter und …

There is increasing scientific and political interest in the links between urbanization and
human vulnerability to climate change. However, our literature review shows that the …

Governing the future growth of the world's megacities towards higher land use efficiency is
important for achieving global sustainability. We have computed statistics of the urban …

Emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels have ushered in a new epoch
where human activities will largely determine the evolution of Earth's climate. Because …