Ecosystems provide multiple benefits that humans depend on for survival. However, humans
severely affect ecosystems through urban sprawl and pollution, and ecosystem functions are …

Carbon storage plays an important role in urban ecosystems. However, urban expansion
leads to urban ecosystem changes and hence directly threatens carbon storage. Therefore …

The use of various modeling approaches is critical in the assessment of ecosystem services.
Although numerous assessments have been conducted as scholarly studies to quantify …

Urban ecosystem services provide many benefits for human beings. Given the dramatic
increase of urbanization, maintaining sustainability of cities relies heavily on ecosystem …

Urbanization results in a considerable economic disparity between urban and rural areas in
develo** countries, which has had a consequent significant impact on CO 2 emissions. To …

Urbanization and rapid population growth pose the cities in front of massive challenges in
terms of environmental impacts. This paper explores recent progresses in map** …

Executive summary The land challenges, in the context of this report, are climate change
mitigation, adaptation, desertification, land degradation, and food security. The chapter also …

The process of urbanization has led to the agglomeration of population in cities and the
transformation of rural landscapes into impermeable surfaces, leaving green spaces …

Rapid urbanization resulted in widespread urban expansion and the fragmentation and
isolation of large-scale ecological sources. Ecological sustainability has propelled the …

Abstract Formulation of suitable land use strategies for sustainable management of urban
landscapes requires assessment of the potential impact of future urban expansion on …