Ecology of Tropical Cities, Volume II - 9783031708664

Ecology of Tropical Cities, Volume IIBiodiversity, People & Places\nAuthor(s): Fabio Angeoletto, Piotr Tryjanowski, Mark D. E. Fellowes\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Springer International Publishing AG\nISBN-13: 9783031708664, 978-3031708664\nSynopsis\nThis contributed volume addresses the global scale of urbanization and its impacts on biodiversity. By adding human capital, cities are incubators for new ideas and technologies, creating the possibility for socially and environmentally sensitive growth, but this is rarely seen. Urban ecology, an essential field that supports planning based on environmental perspectives, is a new science in tropical countries. This book discusses the social inequity embedded in tropical cities and explores how this inequity also materializes in biodiversity, with poor neighborhoods of tropical cities lacking sufficient access to green space, and therefore reduced access to the benefits of.