Urban greenspaces harbor considerable biodiversity. Such areas include spontaneously
vegetated spaces such as such as brownfields, street or railway verges and vacant lots …

How does nature work in our human-created city, suburb, and exurb/peri-urb? Indeed how is
ecology-including its urban water, soil, air, plant, and animal foundations-spatially entwined …

Green roofs and walls have recently emerged as conservation tools, and they offer
promising additional opportunities to enhance biodiversity in cities. However, their …

Urbanization is a global phenomenon that is increasingly challenging human society. It is
therefore crucially important to ensure that the relentless expansion of cities and towns …

Names: Douglas, Ian, 1936–editor.| Routledge (Firm) Title: The Routledge handbook of
urban ecology/edited by Ian Douglas, Pippin Anderson, David Goode, Michael C. Houck …

Walls are extensive, ubiquitous urban ecosystems that can act as habitat for a range of
different species and support non-standard cosmopolitan assemblages. Most investigations …

In densely urbanized areas, small pockets of vegetated areas such as street verges, vacant
lots, and walls can be rich in biodiversity. In spite of their small size, these 'informal urban …

Cities contain a diverse range of habitats that support plant establishment and persistence.
This study focuses on a particular vertical artificial habitat: masonry retaining walls in Hong …

Plant colonization in the archaeological areas, despite its relevant role for monument
conservation, has not dedicated noticeable concern. For the first time in Iran, we carried out …

Along heavily engineered urban rivers, river walls and embankments represent the most
common habitat available to riparian vegetation. This paper presents the first study into river …