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001			https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/61745
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020			_a9783038429173
020			_a9783038429180
041	0		_aEnglish
042			_adc
100	1		_aAndrew Millington _4auth
700	1		_aMonika Kopecká _4auth
700	1		_aHarini Nagendra _4auth
245	1	0	_aUrban Land Systems: An Ecosystems Perspective
260			_bMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute _c2018
300			_a1 electronic resource (VIII, 192 p.)
506	0		_aOpen Access _2star _fUnrestricted online access
520			_aGlobal urbanization creates challenges towards sustainability and human well-being. Urban areas are dependent on the ecosystems beyond the city limits but also benefit from the internal urban green places. An understanding of the importance of urban ecosystem services means that urban greenery can be designedly maintained or even expanded. As cities are expected to grow at a rapid rate in the coming decades, it is important that the ecosystem perspective is understood and valued by city planners and political decision-makers. This special issue highlights some aspects related to urban sprawl dynamics and urban ecosystem management. Observations and studies presented in ten papers show that urbanization affects essential ecological, economic, and social landscape functions, whose importance is often undervalued in cities worldwide.
540			_aCreative Commons _fhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ _2cc _4https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
546			_aEnglish
653			_aland use/land cover changes
653			_aurban expansion
653			_aurban green spaces
653			_aurban planning
653			_agreen infrastructure
856	4	0	_awww.oapen.org _uhttp://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/661 _70 _zDOAB: download the publication
856	4	0	_awww.oapen.org _uhttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/61745 _70 _zDOAB: description of the publication
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