ddressing these interconnected challenges requires innovative approaches integrating biodiversity conservation with sustainable urban development. Urban green infrastructure (UGI) has emerged as a multifunctional strategy to reconcile urbanization with biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision (Chen and Hu, 2015).
Four renowned urban ecologists have contributed their specific experience in sub-areas without losing sight of the big picture. Jrgen Breuste is an urban ecologist and works at the Paris Lodron University in Salzburg, Austria, on the topics of sustainable urban development, urban biodiversity, ecosystem services and eco-cities.
Urban ecosystems and green infrastructure can provide cost-effective, nature-based solutions for adapting to cli-mate change while also creating opportunities to increase social equity, green economies, and sustainable urban development.
As we can see from the illustration, Urban Ecosystem Management Development has many fascinating aspects to explore.
The new publication Urban-rural linkage: an ecosystem governance perspective , launched by the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), examines the challenges arising from urban-rural interactions and proposes practical governance solutions, particularly at the local and regional levels.
By establishing a common framework for evaluating ecosystem service provision, their proposed methodology not only facilitates more accurate comparisons between cities but also lays the groundwork for future research and policy development in urban ecosystem management.
Box 3: Urban Stormwater Management Can Provide Ecosystem Services References. Joel Cohen, Rockefeller University, quoted in "Considering the Urban Planet of 2050," New York Times ().
