More than half of the world population now lives in cities, and urban expansion continues as rural people move to cities. This results in the loss of land for o
More than half of the world population now lives in cities, and urban expansion continues as rural people move to cities. This results in the loss of land for o
Globally, 30% of the world population lived in urban areas in 1950, 54% in 2016 and 66% projected by 2050. The most urbanized regions include North America, Lat
This book aims to systematically elaborate how land-use change directly or indirectly exerts impacts on the ability of ecosystems to provide services for human
Ecosystem services are the resources and processes supplied by natural ecosystems which benefit humankind (for example, pollination of crops by insects, or wate