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Natural Asset and Biodiversity Valuation in Cities

  • Country/ City
    World
  • Topic
    Biodiversity, Accounting, Assessment, Greening Cities
  • Published On
    June 17, 2019
  • Author(s)
    Global Platform for Sustainable Cities
  • Abstract

    • Natural Asset and Biodiversity Valuation in Cities

    Cities are increasingly recognizing the role of the natural environment in shaping healthy and livable places that enhance human capital. With urban populations expected to grow by 2.4 billion people by 2050, innovative policies that protect and enhance the value of the environment are required to avoid substantial losses in natural habitat and create favorable places to live. Many city governments are now taking the lead in developing innovative policies to pursue green urban development.

City of LA 2018 Biodiversity Report

  • Country/ City
    Los Angeles
  • Topic
    Biodiversity, Indicators, Tools
  • Published On
    December 17, 2018
  • Author(s)
    Isaac Brown Ecology Studio, LA Sanitation & Environment
  • Abstract

    • City of LA 2018 Biodiversity Report

    Biodiversity in Los Angeles is truly unique. On one hand, LA includes the highest population density of all major U.S. cities according to the 2010 U.S. Census, and is known to be one of the most “park poor” cities in the country1, 2. On the other hand, LA falls within a “Global Biodiversity Hotspot” and the City includes an exemplary range of biodiversity and large natural areas. This study documents approximately 1,200 different native species recorded within the City, and perhaps more than double that are present, but unrecorded.

Greening Africa's Cities : Enhancing the Relationship between Urbanization, Environmental Assets, and Ecosystem Services

  • Country/ City
    Africa
  • Topic
    Urban Planning, Ecosystem services, Nature-based Solutions, Green Infrastructure
  • Published On
    May 23, 2017
  • Author(s)
    White, Roland, Turpie, Jane, Letley, Gwyneth
  • Abstract

    • Greening Africa's Cities : Enhancing the Relationship between Urbanization, Environmental Assets, and Ecosystem Services

    Africa is urbanizing late but fast. This brings many benefits but, as this report shows: thus far, urbanization in Africa, unique in a number of respects, is having deleterious and largely unchecked impacts on the natural environment; the degradation of natural assets and ecosystems within African cities carries tangible economic, fiscal and social costs; there are important opportunities to change the current environmental trajectory of African cities so that they move towards a more harmonious relationship between their natural and built environments.
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