{"product_id":"urbanization-biodiversity-and-ecosystem-services-challenges-and-opportunities-a-global-assessment-9789402400915","title":"Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities: A Global Assessment","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Thomas Elmqvist\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Life Sciences - Ecology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo understand how the world's ecosystems are changing we need to understand cities, and to create better cities we need to understand the ecosystems they depend on. The failure of most markets, government policies and even urban studies to take these relations into account has put cities, and increasingly the whole world, in a difficult position. Studies like \u003ci\u003eUrbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services\u003c\/i\u003e can help us to extricate ourselves, provided we act on the knowledge they provide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGordon McGranahan\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eInternational Institute for Environment and Development \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe challenges of urbanization are profound, but so too are the opportunities. Cities can reconcile human society and biodiversity by creating environments that are ecologically sustainable, economically productive, socially just, politically participatory and culturally vibrant. I commend this study to all who have a stake in creating ecologically sustainable urbanization for the benefit of humanity and the planet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBan Ki-moon\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSecretary-General, United Nations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45277294395543,"sku":"9789402400915","price":3672.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789402400915.webp?v=1769287991","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/urbanization-biodiversity-and-ecosystem-services-challenges-and-opportunities-a-global-assessment-9789402400915","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}