The structure, function, and services of urban ecosystems evolve over time scales from
seconds to centuries as Earth's population grows, infrastructure ages, and sociopolitical …

The total amount of sealed surfaces is increasing in many urban areas, which presents a
challenge for sewerage systems and wastewater treatment plants when extreme rainfall …

Increased loading of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from agricultural and urban
intensification has led to severe degradation of inland and coastal waters. Lakes, reservoirs …

Urbanization has a homogenizing effect on biodiversity and leads to communities with fewer
native species and lower conservation value. However, few studies have explored whether …

Although ecosystem services have been intensively examined in certain domains (eg,
forests and wetlands), little research has assessed ecosystem services for the most …

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 …

Context The urban heat island (UHI) is a well-documented pattern of warming in cities
relative to rural areas. Most UHI research utilizes remote sensing methods at large scales, or …

Changes in land use, land cover, and land management present some of the greatest
potential global environmental challenges of the 21st century. Urbanization, one of the …

Similarities in planning, development and culture within urban areas may lead to the
convergence of ecological processes on continental scales. Transdisciplinary, multi-scale …

The size, shape, and connectivity of water bodies (lakes, ponds, and wetlands) can have
important effects on ecological communities and ecosystem processes, but how these …