BACKGROUND Human activity and decisions drive all life in cities. Worldwide, cities are
characterized by extensive anthropogenic transformation of the landscape, modification of …

Scientific contributions from remote sensing over the last fifty years have significantly
advanced our understanding of urban areas. Key contributions of urban remote sensing …

Highlights•Cities are a centers of demand for ecosystem services and with projected
doubling of urban populations there will be an accelerating demand of these …

Ecosystems and landscapes around the world have become increasingly domesticated
through urbanization. Cities have been the engines of socioeconomic development but also …

Urban landscapes are spatially constrained, and vegetative land uses that provide
beneficial ecosystem services are difficult to maintain. Urban agricultural (UA) systems …

Cities and urban areas are critical components of global sustainability as loci of
sustainability progress and drivers of global transformation, especially in terms of energy …

Urbanization, a dominant global demographic trend, leads to various changes in
environments (eg, atmospheric CO2 increase, urban heat island). Cities experience global …

Climate change and urbanisation are among the most pervasive and rapidly growing threats
to biodiversity worldwide. However, their impacts are usually considered in isolation, and …

A great challenge for ecology in the coming decades is to understand the role humans play
in eco-evolutionary dynamics. If, as emerging evidence shows, rapid evolutionary change …

Urban ecological studies, including focus on cities, suburbs, and exurbs, while having deep
roots in the early to mid 20th century, have burgeoned in the last several decades. We use …