Climate warming is considered to be among the most serious of anthropogenic stresses to
the environment, because it not only has direct effects on biodiversity, but it also exacerbates …

Remote sensing has evolved to become a key tool for various fields of environmental
analysis, thus actively informing policy across areas and domains. To evaluate the degree to …

Nature-based solutions (NBS) were introduced as integrated, multifunctional and multi-
beneficial solutions to a wide array of socio-ecological challenges. Although principles for a …

Cities face increasing environmental, social and economic challenges that together threaten
the resilience of urban areas and the residents who live and work there. These challenges …

The classification of plant species as native or exotic has ramifications for how they are
treated within urban green space policy and practice. Green spaces are built or managed to …

Human-driven environmental changes shape ecological communities from local to global
scales. Within cities, landscape-scale patterns and processes and species characteristics …

In an urbanizing world there is an increasing priority for making cities nature-inclusive
environments. Cities offer places for human-wildlife experiences, and thus for broad societal …

Modern cities are dominated by impervious surfaces that absorb, store and release heat in
summer, create large volumes of runoff and provide limited biodiversity habitat and poor air …

In the face of accelerating urbanization, urban ecology is an important multidisciplinary
science for developing future cities, with roots in many fields of research. In light of the …

Different ways of thinking and understanding urban problems and imagining solutions are
needed to redress the suite of serious challenges facing cities. Focusing on urban nature …